Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Honeywell CEO Dave Cote also cautions against shortsightedness during economic downturns: I’ve been a leader during three recessions and I’ve never heard a management team talk about how the choices they make during a downturn will affect performance during a recovery. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

billion in annual revenue. So they solved it by each department manager, the sales manager, and the owner running their own schedule and telling the junior employees what to do. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Airbnb now makes $2.5

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

I dropped out of college in 2001, so this would be 17 years in. John Jantsch: Not necessarily how do you manage that, but do you have sage advice for the person that you decide, “I’m going to sit down and write a long, thorough fulfilling email back to them”? Go for ads or PR or something else.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

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.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 23, 2004

There were a number of attendees who were here during the past few years and their businesses raised a fair amount of capital and somehow they managed to survive the nuclear winter during the 2001-2002 period. Go after your competition, take some calculated risks, and focus on creating some revenue growth.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We managed to create a single software that is so powerful that we can optimize any business whether it is manufacturing, retail, transportation, oil and gas, metals or anything else. My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most.

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