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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We wanted to give our students hands-on experience on how to deeply understand a problem at the intersection of our country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement and dual-use technology. Why This Class? by a factor of 10.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

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An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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How the COVID-Preneur Led to a Micro Business Renaissance

Austin Startup

Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and to help play a role in their growth and success is a responsibility we take seriously. The micro business renaissance is here to stay and we are excited to be along for the journey.”

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

If you really like learning about this sort of thing, there are a bunch of places to learn more, but I’d start at OpenLP , which is a great collection of writing on these topics brought together by Beezer Clarkson and our friends at Sapphire Ventures. The post How is the VC Asset Class Doing? appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

A comprehensive post on this topic could be 5,000+ words, but we do not do such things here. Perhaps we will look back on cases on like Bowery Farming vs Plenty in the urban plant growing market — one company raised a massive round early, and one just raised one to compete nearly two years after having more sustained growth.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Ynon immediately began working with the founding team: Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan and Ben Donovan and he established a really strong rapport as somebody who had the media chops and executive relationships but was grounded in the economics of low-cost video production & distribution. “Without you none of this would be possible.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth. The dreaded trade-off between profitability and growth ! What is the LTV?

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