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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. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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“Coming for the Content, Staying for the Community” Started With Video Games (Or Maybe Religion?) But Will Define Media This Decade

Hunter Walker

Then my time working on AdSense and YouTube for nearly a decade gave me other vantage points from which to see where eyeballs and dollars traveled in media. For example, Lenny Rachitsky writes a newsletter devoted to technology and product development. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Friends of Lenny’s Newsletter.

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The 4 Keys to Building Brand Loyalty with Millennials

Up and Running

Because they weren’t being engaged on social media. While the TV commercial was running, they were preoccupied catching up with trends on social media. Millennials respond well to social media messages and marketing. A brand’s social media presence has become so important that we even have awards for the most buzz-worthy.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). So you will likely get outspent on any paid marketing channel you may use to drive traffic to you at scale if there are other people trying to drive traffic to the same property. This is obvious.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). So you will likely get outspent on any paid marketing channel you may use to drive traffic to you at scale if there are other people trying to drive traffic to the same property. This is obvious.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees.