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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.) It may be that the venture business will have to return to the old days of helping entrepreneurs build companies – not hype them, not spin them, but actually make them worth something to customers and investors.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

But in the bubble, startups got creative and shortened the time needed to get a product to the customer by releasing “beta’s” (buggy products still needing testing) and having the customers act as their Quality Assurance group. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

She received the AUTM 2001 Bayh-Dole Award for her efforts in university licensing, and is currently a member of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research. We put (these inventions and patents) out on the web or we contact companies etc. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

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5 Characteristics Of High Converting Headlines

ConversionXL

Back in 2001, Consumer Reports put out a study that revealed the average American was consciously exposed to roughly 247 marketing messages daily, yet only really noticed around half of them. To grab attention, you must not only understand the needs of your market, but also the noise that goes along with it.