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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

And while the Soviets are fighting the Germans in massive land battles in eastern Europe, until the allies invade Western Europe in June 1944, the only way the U.S. and Britian can affect German war-fighting capability is by mounting a Strategic Bombing campaign , from England. invention of electronic warfare, part I and [.]

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More on Liquidation Preferences

Altgate

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? But this last chart gives some insight into how unfavorable to founders (Common actually) these preferences can be. Bookmark the permalink.

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Stop trying to please Google with SEO and start properly hyper targeting your audience

The Next Web

Richard Baxter is the CEO and founder of SEOgadget , a creative agency specialising in Technical SEO, Conversion Rate Optimisation, Content Creation and Link Building in competitive industries. Take a look at how Google explains “ How Search Works ,” and especially how they’re “ Fighting Spam.”

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

We learned the basics of retail packaging: make the box eye-catching, ensure there was a “why-to-buy&# message, include just enough information to close the sale, fight and pay for eye-level shelf space, etc. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.)

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Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners.

Steve Blank

war fighting strategy known as the “ OODA Loop &# articulated by John Boyd and adopted by the U.S. Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto | Tagged: Customer Development « Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40? armed forces in both Gulf Wars – and by others. carry on reading. carry on reading.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » The Real Reason Google May Fail

Altgate

This particular post by Marco Arment , founder of Instapaper, caused a firestorm of comments on HN. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs , Technology and tagged advertising , click fraud , CPC , Google. on how Google is failing because the search results are becoming decreasingly useful and filled with spam.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. We’re in beta and it’s not perfect yet, but we hope to make life a lot easier for thousands of people who don’t want to fight with their software. #7 Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. at 9:05 pm [.]