YoungUpstarts
MARCH 27, 2019
Innovation not only impacts global economies and business models, but the quality of life of people. Innovation has changed the way people live, work and do business. Businesses can focus on two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation.
The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 26, 2017
Innovation not only impacts global economies and business models, but the quality of life of people. It has changed the way people live, work and do business. Businesses can focus on two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation. There are practical problems with neglecting either form.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Venture capital dispensed quarterly to startups continues to decline, down to about $3 billion in the first quarter, which is the lowest level since 1997. Technology costs are plummeting, meaning you can do more with less. Due to the economy as well, traditional individual angel investors haven’t been able to fill the gap.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The most successful of these businesses will still need venture capital to scale their businesses. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. That asset class need not represent the broader market.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 21, 2013
Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one of the first online travel agencies, which went public in 1997 and subsequently merged to create Travelocity.com as an independent company. Jim Hornthal splits his time between venture capital, entrepreneurship and education. And Zignal Labs. Jim co-taught classes with me at U.C.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale.
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