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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. 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.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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Want Your Startup to Succeed? Stay Home

ReadWriteStart

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 years in a region had a 9% lower failure rate and took in $8,172 more in annual profit than companies launched by newcomers.

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Google Boulder’s Gift to NCWIT

Feld Thoughts

I’ve known Scott since shortly after I moved to Boulder in 1995. I got involved shortly after it was founded in 2004 and became the board chair in 2005 (which I served as until I resigned all my non-profit board positions at the end of last year.)

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After Your First Big Success, What’s Next?

Feld Thoughts

This was 1995 and the path from there has been powerful and dramatic. .” But at almost 30, I just didn’t feel done, and in many ways I felt that I was just at the beginning of a new journey (which turned out to be true.)

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Where’s the Loyalty?*$!

YoungUpstarts

Since 1995 he has spoken to over 500,000 people at live events around the world. He is the author of four books: Inspired People Produce Results – Leading Generation Me (2013), Getting Back Up When Life Knocks You Down (2011) , Be Last – Descending to Greatness (2008) , One Step Closer – To A Life Worth Living (2004).

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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

ConversionXL

Gerber (1995). Mauborgne (2004). Reverse brands say no where others say yes. pic.twitter.com/LKVk6gx1d5 — Pe:p Laja (@peeplaja) December 18, 2020. On business building and strategy. The E-myth Revisited by Michael E. – Michael E. Covering everything from strategy to productivity, it’s a must-read.

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