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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

There are 5 senses, and we still can’t experience 3 of them on the internet – so we must complete the connection / transaction off line…. The internet is trying to mimic the real world. The internet is in every second pocket. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. GENERATION D (Digital).

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. That approach doesn’t work anymore. In most industries, manufacturing is no longer a core competence of the U.S.

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The 8 Greatest Strengths Of Generation Y

YoungUpstarts

We children of the 80s began life in the “me” generation, and we came of age in the “we” generation of the Internet. Our mandate to him has been to support the social uprisings in Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. The Internet and basically everything associated with it came into wide use on our watch.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Irene brings rain, flooding and end of news as we know it [#irene]

This is going to be BIG.

” The real news—the information I needed, cared about, and found relevant—as it turned out, was on the internet. The internet was pretty much the only way to find out whether you had to be evacuated. I kept thinking, “Where is the actual news?” Is that journalism?”

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