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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. He just hired Meg Whitman. the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV.

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Your Computer May Already be Hacked – NSA Inside?

Steve Blank

. ——— For those of you who haven’t kept up, the National Security Agency (NSA’s) Prism program has been in the news. Since 2000, Intel has put out 29 microcode updates to their processors. Filed under: Customer Development , Secret History of Silicon Valley.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 43: Dakin Sloss and Ajeet Singh

Steve Blank

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Filed under: Customer Development. We learned that if you are building a product for enterprises, start with the East Coast.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 43: Dakin Sloss and Ajeet Singh

Steve Blank

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Filed under: Customer Development. We learned that if you are building a product for enterprises, start with the East Coast.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. This is back in 2000 and most hospitals in Brazil didn’t have computers. Guido : Yeah. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. This is back in 2000 and most hospitals in Brazil didn’t have computers. Guido : Yeah. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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