Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Companies struggle to compete while reconfiguring legacy distribution channels, pricing models and supply chains.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash, a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2015

Also think about, Jonathan, you manage our social media presence among other things and so you understand more than ever it’s really about getting those specific posts out to people through those channels, through email and that’s very much the same thing. Jonathan: Interesting. Okay, so Peter, your thoughts?

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