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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. The parallel between Gates and Ballmer and Jobs and Cook is eerie.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Visionary CEOs don’t need someone else to demo the company’s key products for them. The parallel between Gates and Ballmer and Jobs and Cook is eerie.

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How to get your mobile app discovered in 2021

VC Cafe

The iOS app store officially launched on July 10 2008 with 500 apps. What are the main channels for app marketing and distribution today? Ads – targeted advertising is perhaps THE most reliable channel to market and distribute a consumer app. Almost overnight, a huge new industry was created around mobile.

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30+ Killer New Content Ideas in 30 Minutes (and How to Prioritize Them)

ConversionXL

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. Maybe you’ve been producing content on the same subject for so long that your idea well has run dry. Image source ).

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). ► 2008. (14).