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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

Currently, it feels like every sharp technologist is pouring their effort into generative AI models or embedding them into their products—a movement too significant to overlook. The first time you try to do anything with a generative AI product, it feels like magic. Are these features, products, or actual companies?

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim.

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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path.

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I Graduated Into The 2000 DotCom Crash, And It Was The Best Thing To Ever Happen To My Career

Hunter Walker

Our professors were literally rewriting the case studies in real time and my participation in the very first Internet Marketing class the GSB ever offered is a form of carbon dating that conclusively proves my old age. But by my graduation in June of 2000, the party had ended. companies; and the Class of 2000 was just plain unemployed.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. With the new rapid prototyping tools, products can be physically built for analysis, rather than just conceptualized. There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki.

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Seven considerations to ensure your broadband is up to the task

NZ Entrepreneur

Chances are your internet connection is something you haven’t given much thought since you signed up with your provider. However, taking a moment to think about if you are getting the most out of your internet can be a game changer in terms of your capacity to do business. Hyperfibre offers speeds of 2000 Mbps, 4000 Mbps and 8000 Mbps.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Thanks to assistance from SBIR-funded research, iRobot was able to conquer the thorny challenge of moving a project from the demonstration stage to a marketable and profitable product. In 2000, when a slowdown in the industry forced a sharp refocusing of the company’s efforts, UEC enlisted the SBDC in helping expand into federal contracting.

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