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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. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.

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How To Effectively Market Your Small Dental Business

YoungUpstarts

Really, while people of all ages will require a trip to the dentist from time to time, a large part of your client base will be those of an elderly age, who often won’t have a great amount of accessibility to the Internet. Using social media as a marketing method is a no-brainer for any organisation, including a dental business.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Reactions when I told people I was an “internet entrepreneur” ranged from smirks to blank stares.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

by Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle? Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. Here are 10 online platforms that want you to show you the money: 1.

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The End of ?Internet? Companies ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The End of “Internet” Companies. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. I’m not sure whether it’s 10 years from now or 50 years from now, but at some point in the medium to long term future we’ll cease talking about “internet” companies in any meaningful sense.

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Millennials got Mail: 6 ways to successfully target the ‘always connected’ generation through email

The Next Web

age group varies according to source, but the generation is roughly composed of those born between 1981 and 2000, according to Pew Research. Marc Apple, owner and chief strategist at Forward Push Media , said that no one is on social networks 24/7, but across generations most people check email every day. “In Lingenfelter said. “In

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

The same is true for Internet services, digital media and most products that involve significant up-front research and development (R&D) costs. In 2000, the company had slightly more than 22,000 workers in the United States and nearly 30,000 workers overseas.