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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I plotted the growth in capacity of magnetic platter hard drives and flash drives back in 2006 or so, and saw that flash would overtake magnetic media in 2016. But it’s hard to say, even with hindsight, that we could have predicted Wikipedia, let alone forecast when it would occur. (If Step 2: Forecast the linear trend.

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5 Lessons from a Failed Business

Duct Tape Marketing

How do reach your target audience? Taking the time to write down your mission, competitive analysis of the marketplace, marketing plans, budgets, forecast revenue, etc really is worth your while. Is there competition and how are they doing it? Avoid proceeding without a business plan.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm from New York, upstate New York. But you go to New York City and people just kind of. Doesn't it feel like in a crisis suddenly the world flashes before your eyes and you see what is truly important? And then I even wrote who our priority audiences were. 500,000 to New Orleans.