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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Think YouTube meets Netflix).

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4 In Demand Products During This Time Of Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

Personal protective equipment (PPE) are now being routinely used to ensure health and safety, virtual shopping is at an all-time high due to qurantine and lockdown, and physical interactions have been limited to mobile and online platforms. Mobile Devices : Shopping and paying bills online are more convenient using mobile devices.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Which brings me back to your mobile phones. Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market.

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The Funding Gap

Gust

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. This graphic shows that the distribution of funding is not uniform across the spectrum of rounds size in dollars. Copyright BillPayne.com 2011. million and $4 million.

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How to Hack Growth When Growth Stalls

ConversionXL

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 trillion by 2025, about 5% of the world’s wealth. Transaction Processing.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. An all-round mobile education. RIM HQ (as was) (credit: Simon Hayter/Getty Images ). “So,