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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

In summary: Snap’s current business doesn’t justify a $20B valuation. How can one justify a $20B valuation for Snap? Snap has introduced a panoply of well-regarded features over the years: stories, face and location filters, memories, discovery channels, etc. This actually works in Snap’s favor.

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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? And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble.

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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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Low-Cost Business Ideas for 2022

ReadWriteStart

Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9 Brands looking to take one step closer to their customers can also develop a mobile app/chatbot and use other promotion channels. billion before 2025.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the 2023 Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

#20- Streamlining omnichannel strategy Photo Credit: Aktug Dogan One growing trend in E-commerce is mobile commerce. ReferMate is working to create a mobile app for users to access opportunities on the go, whether they are in-store or shopping online. Thanks to Daniel Todd, Influence Mobile ! #24- Thanks to Rajan Ad, DbdPost !

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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

Therefore we needed them to think and learn about two parts of a startup; 1) ideation - how to create new ideas and 2) customer development – how do they test the validity of their idea (is it the right product, customer, channel, pricing, etc.).

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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.