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The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or …

Feld Thoughts

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. ” I remember a moment in time in 1997. A few weeks later Internet stocks started to fall. Go read it – I’ll wait for you.

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7 Keys To Being An Exceptional Business Leader Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Not so long ago, business leaders operated behind the scenes, and even long-time employees rarely heard from them or saw them in the news. Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

There are different types of disruptive innovations, according to Christensen: Low-end disruptions involve a new operating and/or financial approach with some combination of lower gross profit margins and higher asset utilization. Attractive returns are possible at the discounted prices needed to win business at the low end of the market.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

Low-end disruptions involve a new operating and/or financial approach with some combination of lower gross profit margins and higher asset utilization. Netflix launched in 1997 and its service wasn’t appealing to most of Blockbuster’s customers, who rented movies on impulse. Types of Disruptive Innovation.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. 650,000 people gain access to the Internet for the first time every day, 30,000 of which are in the U.S. Only 1 in 4 people has Internet access. Click here to buy tickets.