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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. At the same time, acquisition opportunities will expand as large existing companies, unable to keep up with the pace of innovation in these emerging Internet markets, will “innovate&# by buying startups.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Paris, November 1998. internet. (6). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. How the use of internet is transform. Cracking The Code. Saturday, December 09, 2006. First week on the job.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I was working full-time for Bread & Butter PR, but the balancing act of being a single mother and working full-time for someone else was too much. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4

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A tale of two cities: Bewildered by the city government's continued cluelessness on NYC's innovation scene

This is going to be BIG.

Nice going NYC government PR machine. Either way the "one stop shop" model went out with portals in 1998. Two of the recent Ultra Light Startup events--one about PR and the other about legal help--had copycat programs run by the city itself. internet technology. Hey everyone! Come look at us! That's just the way it works.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. In March of 2009 EliteEditing.com launched, and I would run back and forth to an Internet café five blocks from my office to manage work coming through and to take business calls. That’s it. That’s what we do.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

In my field—online English language teaching—there are a lot of literal business names out there: Joe’s Internet English School, Learn English Online via Skype, etc. I’d previously been the lead publicist at a very posh PR firm, and the running joke was that I was incredibly “off brand.” 1- Suggestive and evocative name.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. Surely 1998 was a little late to arrive at the party. Almost everyone who worked for us was an animal at what they did.

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