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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. The Rise of the Lean Startup. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Greater discipline during boom times offered more flexibility during lean years. And getting it right during the lean years, Bain reports , has a massive impact on companies’ growth rate after things improve: ( Image source ). As the recession wrapped up, they had to remind consumers of lean times. Image source ).

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. The world of building profitable startups ended in 1995.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. Lean into your strengths, and don’t try to appeal to everyone. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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Twitter Link Roundup #166 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. The Ultimate Photoshop Patterns Collection: 2000+ Patterns – [link]. There’s a tremendous wealth of insight in his answers and the way he engaged the Reddit audience. I encourage you to spend some time reading the AMA – you’ll learn a great deal.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. And his vendors ended up with nothing when his company, OpenAuto.com , went out of business, in 2000. But Ive definitely had to lean on Dave. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire. Will yours be next?

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