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Customer Development in Japan: a History Lesson

Steve Blank

After helping build the first Ethernet switch startup, I was attracted by Asynchronous Transfer Mode 25Mbit/sec technology, (ATM25) which was 2.5x In 2004, Googling terms like “high tech marketing” and “startup” I discovered “ The Four Steps to The Epiphany ” at Cafépress.com. faster than Ethernet and ran data but plus voice and video.

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It takes time to build value

BeyondVC

We did our own analysis of venture-backed software IPOs a couple of years ago (based on SEC filings, etc.) This week’s Plugged In column from Barrons has some great data on M&A in 2004 and how many of the companies that went public or were acquired were the very ones left for dead over the past few years.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

In 2004 I began blogging. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. I’ll talk about that later, because it has to do with one of the website deals I did.