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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

He just hired Meg Whitman. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. Thank you for the kind introduction.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Helping American businesses access the information and services that will help them grow, hire American workers, and export to foreign markets. It accepts proposals from startup or established businesses, social enterprises, academic institutions or non-profits, both domestically and internationally.

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How to Hack Growth When Growth Stalls

ConversionXL

Reporting in the Harvard Business Review on a major study of growth stalls they conducted, Olson and his colleagues cite the case of the iconic brand Levi Strauss, which hit a historic high mark of sales in 1995, reaching revenue of $7 billion, but then, starting in 1996, saw a decline in sales so precipitous that by 2000, revenue was down to $4.6

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E-Commerce Failures and Mistakes: Why do so Many Startups Fail?

ReadWriteStart

Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Hire checkout trust signals to make it a secure gateway and partner with known payment facilitators because users are always skeptical about new companies. Look at your product photo and description. Does the description look as if it was written by a five-year-old?

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Running Your Business By Instinct Is Not Recommended

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. It led to hiring Eric Schmidt. I use social media. The top 2% do not drive 98% of the returns. I have seen many slices of the data.

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