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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

The principal drivers of this re-imagination are the hyper-growth of the mobile Internet, consumer-controlled commerce, the rise of big data, and “globality.” With 7 billion people on the planet today, there are more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions, up from just 720 million in 2000. Let’s explore examples of these and more.

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Seven considerations to ensure your broadband is up to the task

NZ Entrepreneur

Chances are your internet connection is something you haven’t given much thought since you signed up with your provider. However, taking a moment to think about if you are getting the most out of your internet can be a game changer in terms of your capacity to do business. Hyperfibre offers speeds of 2000 Mbps, 4000 Mbps and 8000 Mbps.

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

Founded in 2000, by 2010, the company’s fleet already had 8,000 cars. Before giving preference to the first available program from the internet, pay attention to the set of features. Employee training can be done through instructional videos, conferences, or individually acquainting each person with the new program.

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Conversion: The Most Important Internet Metric of All (Revisited)

abovethecrowd.com

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. It preceded the WWW but then become the onramp to the Internet for newbies.