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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Software companies had to buy specialized computers and license expensive software. The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Tools in the New Bubble.

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How Customer Development Failed Us

Steve Blank

It made more sense than our 60 page business plan predicated on a B-school class and a supernatural ability to predict the future. Well, it just so happens that we’ve fitted Ross’s 2001 Subaru with a flux capacitor, gotten our hands on some plutonium and we’re about to hit eighty eight miles per hour! Do these ring true to you?

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

They do a great job at building an amazing culture, and they are able to keep a small company feel in terms of speed and agility because they keep the teams small and have basically broken the company up into a whole bunch of companies. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN).

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. NET and PHP, I can tell you the average.NET guy knows far more about good software design than the average PHP guy. In every population there are some that are both brilliant and malicious. Sjoerd Franken.

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