Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
He just hired Meg Whitman. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit).
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 21, 2014
The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. And that’s fine — embrace innovation to your heart’s content in areas like product development and marketing campaigns. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 19, 2014
The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. And that’s fine — embrace innovation to your heart’s content in areas like product development and marketing campaigns. He has been a regular panelist on television’s Forbes on FOX since the show’s inception in 2001.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
When competitors raise money and you don’t the following happens (assuming all else equal on product development, which I know is not always the case): they have a PR advantage both in terms of perceived momentum and also money to spend on it. They hire a team that spends more time with more customers.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
Despite the Internet bubble bursting, the company was able to generate over $160 million in revenue in 2001. This presents the second interesting scaling take-away of the Akamai story: when you achieve product-market fit, it’s ok to have some waste in order to grow fast. Akamai found itself truly inside the tornado. Gross Profit. $(60).
37signals.com
DECEMBER 5, 2011
The lowercase “i” comes from the iMac, where it originally stood for “internet” (now it just stands for “oh, an Apple product!”), ”), but the original 2001 iPod itself had nothing to do with the internet. it should relate to your product directly or indirectly.
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