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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. For consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars. China has simply become the factory.

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