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Tesla Lost $700 Million Last Year, So Why Is Tesla’s Valuation $60 Billion?

Steve Blank

What explains this more than 1,000 to 1 discrepancy in valuation? First, car companies have over a century of expertise in designing and building efficient mechanical propulsion systems – internal combustion engines for motive power and transmissions to drive the wheels. Automobile manufacturers shipped 88 million cars in 2016.

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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? The product that could most likely justify Snap’s $20B valuation is Spectacles. But if it can’t, it’s going to take Snap a long time to the achieve financial performance necessary to sustain a $20B+ valuation.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? While I promised not to comment on the exact valuation you can assume that it is very large and perhaps the fastest rise from zero to what some have called a “unicorn” valuation. Forget the valuation?—?I

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (America’s influence and footprint on the world stage). designed technology into their military systems? should improve its ability to design and produce semiconductors, and develop and retain relevant talent.

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Twitter Link Roundup #203 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. … Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation | TechCrunch - crowdspring.co/1gZjkaE. 1bJ7RrV. .”

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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

To this end, a number of commercial green buildings have been designed with features that promote workplace productivity and ambiance. For corporations that want to go beyond positive property performance and valuation to achieve competitive advantage and add brand value, a lot more work is required.

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Not Digitally Transforming? You’re Dying. Here Are Six Reasons To Do It Now.

YoungUpstarts

Unfortunately, many aren’t designed for this kind of rapid change. REASON 6: Digitally Driven Companies Have Higher Valuations. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, digitally driven companies have consistently higher valuations. They might lack an aligned vision, or encounter resistance, or have the wrong technology.

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