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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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Gaurav Dhillon 2.0 and His All New Integration Company

Ben's Blog

Building a technology company is hard. So much so that our diligence found him working round the clock, running a hyper-intense environment and looking very much like a 20 year old entrepreneur on a mission from God. Today, only 8 months after launch, the SnapStore has 63 supported snaps representing around 2000 integrations.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Despite practicing law and building tech startups, there was a big part of me that was unsatisfied in each of those roles. One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand. Thanks to Alison Bernstein, The Suburban Jungle ! #9- 9- I HAD to.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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