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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit). It has to find product-market fit before running out of cash.

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Why Startups Love The One-Two Of Engaging, Affordable Quiz Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Startups are regarded for their embrace of industry disruption, all the while constantly trying to limit their burn rate and conserving their capital for future growth. Buzzfeed sees their quizzes shared an average of nearly 2000 times each, helping them to reach more than 580 million people in 2017. Marketing: startup style.

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