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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

In their marvelous book, Lean Solutions , James Womack and Daniel Jones unpack what it means to apply the discipline of lean manufacturing to service industries. A recent study of online physician reviews found that 96% of complaints relate to customer service, and only 4% to quality of care. Do they conduct surveys?

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. You should sign up for our newsletter here. Company : Wesabe.