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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Carpe Diem.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. So what’s left?

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Naming a Business. Internet and Online Business. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Newsletters.

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

Founded in 2008, Shanghai-based CooTek is the company behind TouchPal X Keyboard and TouchPal Contacts , which lets you type contact names directly on your smartphone’s dial pad. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. TouchPal X Keyboard is an alternative to pre-installed keyboards on Android smartphones.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features. We discussed: 1. This is often in the 5-7% range.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel. The distribution discussion leads to some conclusions about competition: who are they and how they differ. The distribution discussion also leads to some assumptions about pricing. Ortho kills.