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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

Bill’s closing line, “The reason why Silicon Valley is so successful is that it’s so fxxxng far away from Washington” received great applause. And why was Bill’s advice of staying away from Washington flawed for startups? We were content Washington didn’t know we existed. Regulation What’s regulatory capture? Why is it bad?

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These 12 Apps Will Help Boost Your Productivity

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day, another app or service is unleashed on the world that claims to increase your productivity, corral your to-dos, or assassinate your procrastination. Keeping track of these products can be a full-time effort on its own, never mind figuring out what they do and if they’re right for you. Brain.fm / Noisli / Coffitivity.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Amazon took a consumer value proposition (buying books, then all retail products) and made the consumer experience significantly better, faster & cheaper. In short — how the hell did we raise $30 million?

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These 12 Apps Will Help Boost Your Productivity

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day, another app or service is unleashed on the world that claims to increase your productivity, corral your to-dos, or assassinate your procrastination. Keeping track of these products can be a full-time effort on its own, never mind figuring out what they do and if they’re right for you. Brain.fm / Noisli / Coffitivity.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. I met one recently that is working on a really innovative product, and the stories I heard from their development team made me want to cringe.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. How profitable is my product or service? As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Hypergiant Strikes Big Partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and Opens an Office in Washington, D.C.

SiliconHills

The deal involves Hypergiant and Booz Allen Hamilton working together to create artificial intelligence solutions and products for companies and government agencies. They plan to announce those products shortly, according to a news release. […]. appeared first on SiliconHills.