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Why Internal Ventures are Different from External Startups

Steve Blank

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. A startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable, scalable business model. But Xerox instead chose to shut XTV down in 1996, despite its external success.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. (Internet). Evernote, Dropbox).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. (Internet). Evernote, Dropbox).

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Compensating a consultant at start-up phase

help.bplans.com

If you search our Ask-the-Experts database for the search term “consultant,” you’ll find some other records on consulting fees and standard rates. Search Questions. Copyright ©1996-2011 Palo Alto Software, Inc. Ask them about their deal, how much they paid, and how it went for them.

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11 Digital Marketing “Crimes Against Humanity”

Occam's Razor

Sophisticated Search Engine Optimization is mandatory in our world of Bing / Yandex / Baidu / Google. " I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. Web Analytics, 4Q, KissInsights, Insights for Search, AdPlanner, and all the other glorious free tools. Display and Search drive each other.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Start by searching AngelList by market and geography. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas. Celebrities.

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Should You Get Rid of Your Website’s Lead Forms?

ConversionXL

The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! Then came the third wave, which included WhatsApp (2010), KakaoTalk (2010), Viber (2010), WeChat (2011), LINE (2011), and Facebook Messenger (2011). Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999).