Both Sides of the Table

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

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Fail fast = quit and give up easy = spaghetti against the wall = no clear strategy going into your business = no ability / willingness to try and pivot as market conditions change = easy way out = today’s management mantra that will be laughed at in 10 years. Define a market problem that you believe you can solve. Nice logic, hey?

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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The important lesson in order to gain market share was that in order for new users to try Microsoft Excel, they had to be able to work with the files their coworkers were creating. It was the first internet company to lose money on its first day on the public markets. Marketing materials. What did you learn at Juno?