Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2020
I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. He explained that companies have a penchant for continually improving sustaining products by adding more features to solve existing customer problems, and while this maximized profit, it was a trap. I never got to say thank you. Eye Opening.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 20, 2012
By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. 1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. Explorer logo.
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Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 10, 2017
The physical world will be the reference coordinates for the fleets of robot cars of our imagination. In the years since, with massive customer launches like Snapchat and the Weather Channel, the horizontal scale of Mapbox’s platform is now much more obvious. I remember Eric showing me the maps from his time with the World Bank and UN.
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. Align and train mentors to embrace customer development. Today he is the co-founder and Chairman of Triporati, LaunchPad Central.
Seeing Both Sides
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.)
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Simply put, the term “fair trade” typically refers to the movement or principles of providing fair wages and labor practices in international trade. Get references. If it’s not possible to visit the area or a friend doesn’t have a solid recommendation, ask the producer for references.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 18, 2012
” We ended up working for a bunch of Boston-based VC firms and several of them referred us to their biotech investments. We’d taken on our first Mac custom software project and were using an RDBMS called ACI 4D which was new to us. We knew it was going to be a terrible meeting and each of us was incredibly anxious.
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