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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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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.