The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In late 2009, seeing a growth in a new breed of cross-platform messaging services like Ping and WhatsApp — which quickly clocked one million users each — the Kik team realized that BBM alone wouldn’t be enough. So, for the last two years, Kik has set about turning Kik into a mobile browser with a messenger at the center for distribution.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy joining us, we also assigned her recent article in Foreign Affairs, “How to Prevent a War in Asia” and CNAS report “Sharpening the US Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Generation”. And in particular in the Asia Pacific.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

What was that, 2009, 2010? I think it was 2009 and 10. So we had managed to provide a really modern healthcare experience with very high NPS score, very high retention, while still having a very strong provider experience. So we quickly showed them what we thought should be available to do vaccine distribution on scale.

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