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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

Or, to be more precise, there are a lot of similarities between the way the tech world is reacting to these two different technologies. First, the ease at which developers can get started working with AI models is starting to lead to a Cambrian explosion of products and applications that leverage this technology.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The general rule is called the Lindy Effect : For certain non-perishable things (like technology, companies, and ideas), the expected lifespan increases according to the length of its current age. Will you ever get 2000? I hope so, but most companies that do get 100 never get 2000.

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4 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An App Developer

YoungUpstarts

The startup industry is littered with stories of founders being taken for a ride by their app developer. The founder, Managing Director or CEO. Research the founder, MD or CEO of the company. Guy Cooper is Managing Director of Wave Digital , an Australian app development company founded in 2000. The apps they have built.

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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. The founders of each company talked and, in between efforts to decimate the other, agreed it might be worth merging to survive. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business.

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How To Identify New Venture Assistance Organizations

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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