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Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies? The answer - there are two types of integration strategies, and they depend on where the startup is in its lifecycle. The Innovation Portfolio.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. Type of IP. _. Outside the U.S. What is Protectable. _.
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VC Cafe
JULY 21, 2022
NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 Data from Sensor Tower Q2 2022 report reveals that iOS users in the United States spent more in non-game apps than games for the first time ever last quarter.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.
Austin Startup
MARCH 26, 2019
I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Have you tried testing user-generated content? Do you plan to regularly refresh your marketing collateral?
SVPG
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Of course, most of the Mac user base was not on new PowerMacs, they were on 'regular' Macs -- hardware upgrade cycles were much slower then. Moreover, users choose their devices and platforms because they value what's different , not the same. The title is not important; the work they do is.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 20, 2013
Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. After the pivot they the found that the most likely users of their device would be low income Asthma patients who are treated at Asthma clinics funded by federal, state or county dollars. They learned a ton. And saved millions.
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