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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. IPOs dried up. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance. Then one day it was over.

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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

View from Seed

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right.

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Entrepreneur and Consultant Luke Lazarus Replicates His Success for the Benefit of Clients

The Startup Magazine

Lazarus has developed a reputation in the Melbourne and Sydney business communities as a consultant who is brutally honest yet caring and highly effective at the same time. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide upheaval it caused last year, Lazarus notes some positive trends in the way entrepreneurs market their business.

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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

Agile VC

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right.

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How to Invest in Startups – Indian Edition

The Startup Magazine

Media tech. Startups are now on a firm footing in India and equated favourably with the traditional business formats. It is here that the groundwork is laid and the business model developed. A business plan is drawn up to attract investors and partners. Education tech. Financial tech. Retail tech. Consumer tech.

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Twitter Is A Media Business. Despite it’s long-standing protestations, Twitter is indeed a media company.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #3: The five critical ingredients to build a big company

Austin Startup

business model and team. I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. Here are the ingredients: Business model : This is actually the most important ingredient of the five. Momentum has a way of building?—?and