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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. 2009 – Back to The Future The bad news is that since the bubble most VC firms haven’t made a profit. So what’s left?

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. Doug August 24, 2009 8:21 AM Hugh said. August 24, 2009 8:36 AM Erin said. Very smart stuff.

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Coffee With Startups

Steve Blank

Reply np , on August 20, 2009 at 2:06 pm Said: Rule 4: Custormer compares our product to a big comapny say BC they start to ask why should we use your product insted of BC. An Existing Market All four were trying to resegment an “Existing Market.” or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#. or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. January 5, 2009 9:36 AM Eric said. Key-based partitioning. to store it.

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The “Good” Student « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply Jesse Farmer , on April 7, 2009 at 8:53 am Said: Customers don’t ask for your transcript. Martin , on April 7, 2009 at 9:40 am Said: There’s a wide spectrum between A student and dropout. Reply steveblank , on April 7, 2009 at 10:16 am Said: Michael, Thanks for the Kauffman foundation link.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

abovethecrowd.com

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. They all struggle with how do you lean against the American healthcare system?