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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and 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.” Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue. Premium-brand market leaders [.] recession in 2009.”.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. The New Exits.

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Transcript of Honest Startup Advice From Somebody Who’s Been Through It

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: If you’re a founder of a startup, maybe you need some brutally honest advice from somebody who’s been there. He is the founder and former CEO of Moz. But we’re going to talk a lot about his new book called, “ Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Transcript.

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The founders eventually created custom cereal boxes to raise funds so they could continue to operate. billion in annual revenue. 5- Jack Ma founder of Alibaba. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. I have been running a PR Firm, Whitegate PRINC since 2007.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. I lived through this again September 2001. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. I was resolute.