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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. A growing number of skeptics are openly talking of a ‘high tech bubble’. Global Demand.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. 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. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

I’ve been reviewing my notepad from 2013 and thought I’d share my insights into what’s changed and the big issues from my perspective in startups, business and technology. Technology is no longer a thing: It’s almost not worth mentioning now it is so ensconced in human life. A way of communicating.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

Social media is high on the radar for CRM and loyalty specialists. There is a strong sense that CRM and social media could go together very well. Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. In 2000, we launched a loyalty program for a bank in Turkey, Akbank.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. This may work in stable markets and technologies. 16 years later it’s just another software company.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud. This may work in stable markets and technologies. 16 years later it’s just another software company.

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