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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

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5 Lifecycle Stages Of A New Venture Test Your Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

Dilution 224
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Can Your Business Survive The Traditional Life Cycle?

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

Dilution 134
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Company Lifecycle And Culture Change Too Fast Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

Dilution 187
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Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

Agile VC

This question has lingered for Facebook and other consumer internet companies in recent months. The growth of internet connected smartphones and tablets is truly astonishing. The iPhone is only 5 years old yet Apple’s already sold more than 150 million of them globally. First the enthusiasm. So what about consumers?

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Many Startup Cultures Cannot Match The Market Pace

Startup Professionals Musings

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). Consider MySpace and Webvan. Consolidation.

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Alibaba S-1: Sizing Up A Giant

Agile VC

The initial business, Alibaba.com, was a B2B marketplace to enable global buyers of manufactured goods to connect with Chinese wholesalers and suppliers of such goods. Even more staggering… when Alibaba started there were 9 million Chinese people on the internet. Just How Big Is Alibaba?

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