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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

— In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average. In the case of P&G, 40% of its stock was owned by small investors, helping the company fight off a 2017 proxy battle with Trian.). Then it wasn’t.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

Martand Jha, “ This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever ” The National Interest, July 27, 2017. Catch up with the class by reading our intro to the class , and summaries of Classes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 . Required readings. The Cold War: Space Race 1.0. Department of Defense, 2021. 9, 2021.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 80 million users around the globe.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Steve Blank, “ Chip Industry Tutorial ” Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation , September 2021. Semiconductors: Technology and Market Primer 10.0” Oppenheimer , Dec. James Timbie, “ National Security Supply Chain Resilience ” The Hoover Institution , Feb 5, 2021. 15, 2021.

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We’re Hiring for Our Investment Team at NextView’s NYC Office

View from Seed

Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years ( Melody joined us in 2017 and Dorothy in 2018), and now roughly 40% of our investments are in New York.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board.

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. The median deal size is back over $100 million.