Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. This same risk averse, conserve the cash, VC mindset would return after the 2008 meltdown of the housing market.).
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? How would you briefly describe this role to someone unfamiliar with it? You're ready to graduate.
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Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed.
Agile VC
APRIL 30, 2019
All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO. In just the last month or so we’ve seen Lyft go public ( my analysis of the company’s S-1 here ) and more recently, Zoom and Pinterest.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 15, 2011
In The Lean Startup, Ries attempts to show entrepreneurs how to bring the principles of Lean manufacturing and agile development to innovation. iTunes link – Cost is $2.99) or Related Posts: Accelerate Your Startup Understanding the Most Fundamental Shift in Marketing Has Social Media Changed Customer Service?
Agile VC
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
It represents the triumph of learning, over the naive startup creation myths we read about in the media. What happened when we got early press (circa 2004) in violation of our own no-PR rule. The customer is unknown, the product is unknown, and startups must be built to learn. IMVU learned to learn. Please do try this at home.
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