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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As a true pioneer of the circular economy movement, Claudia is Technical Panel Member for UL STP3600 Standards, the standards for the Circular Economy and the metrics, processes, and procedures for the circularity of materials and operations. The colleges pass these savings to students in discounts on their tuition bills.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. 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%.

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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. In contrast, startups operate with speed and urgency, making decisions with incomplete information. Startups are unencumbered by the status quo.

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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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This may not be the bubble you’re looking for

VC Adventure

At great risk of wading into a debate where there’s no winning, I thought I’d present a few pieces of data that suggest that we’re not exactly in a market bubble right now. Massive caveat here: I’m not trying to predict the stock market. But large market disruptions are typically proceeded by a spike in the TED.

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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

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) 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) And so we started seeing this thing sweep China.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

billion shekels and a combined balance sheet of 20 billion shekels will be entitled to a company tax rate of 8% in the center of the country if they invest at least 800 million shekels in capital improvements. It operates in 140 countries worldwide. Large corporations with a turnover of more than 1.5