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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank

It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. They’re better than large companies at identifying customer needs/problems and finding product/market fit by pivoting rapidly.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., For example, the Boston Consulting Group 2 x 2 growth-share matrix was an easy to understand strategy tool – a market selection matrix for companies looking for growth opportunities. Strategy Maps.

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Entrepreneurship and Youth Go Hand-in-Hand

Growthink Blog

Some may read the above and shake their heads and think that this is a “coddling mindset” or entitlement culture and is exactly what has gotten America in trouble in the first place and a big part of why China is kicking our you know what every which way. Close - recognition is best presented in the employee’s work environment among peers.

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What Successful Investors Teach Us About Investing In Startups

YoungUpstarts

Chris Sacca, a former Google employee turned investor, places a high priority on remaining involved with his investments. “He Salaries are one item on a company’s balance sheet that catches the attention of some investors. The best predictor of a startup’s success is how much the CEO is paid.

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London and Tel Aviv unicorn alumni produce most startups

VC Cafe

On a high level, the report found that “ of the more than 300 VC-backed unicorns in the region, 203 have fuelled more than 1,000 (1,018) new tech-enabled startups, with former employees becoming founders “ In terms of hubs, UK and Israel have produced the highest numbers of unicorns outside of US and China.

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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

He also has strongly held ideas about structuring a company to institutionalize these intentions to make sure the next leader, future employees, and the next board will be true to that philosophy. 10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50)