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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Large companies and their boards live in fear of losing what they spent years gaining (customers, market share, revenue, profits.)

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Large companies and their boards live in fear of losing what they spent years gaining (customers, market share, revenue, profits.)

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example.

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Transcript of Spotting Inflection Points in Your Industry

Duct Tape Marketing

And content distribution. That was a huge revenue. We forget, we think this is ancient history, it was 2001, I mean it wasn’t that long ago. Firstly was ensure a more stable revenue stream so that you weren’t depending on people making an discretionary purchase. How do you decide what to do about it?

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

In 2007, he was named the Anne Armstrong Leadership Fellow, a position given annually to the most promising young foreign policy professional. They talk about] businesses which are not contractually recurring revenue in the parlance of recurring revenue run rates. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey.