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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 35: Jessica Mah and Peggy Burke

Steve Blank

Jessica ran things as lean as she could for the next few months while figuring out what to do. Peggy Burke is a 30+-year design executive with expertise in creating global brands. Especially difficult were the days after the Internet bubble burst: 2001 was a staggering blow to technology. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

Seeing Both Sides

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up, has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 Akamai: The Present. How did Akamai do it? . .