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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

And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers. The plummeting cost of getting a first product to market (particularly for Internet startups) has shaken up the Venture Capital industry. First, Venture Capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

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