Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. If nothing else, it shows how many billions Meta is willing to commit in order to advance Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games. Unity’s recent $4.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. Product-line expansion. Consolidation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. Product-line expansion. Consolidation.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 1, 2021

And that’s why I’m so excited that Reinvent Technology Partners (RTP) , the SPAC I co-founded with Mark Pincus and Michael Thompson, has proposed a merger with Joby. I’m best known for my work in the consumer Internet space — founding LinkedIn and investing in platforms like Facebook and Airbnb.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. Product-line expansion. Consolidation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Big company powerhouses, like IBM and Xerox, took fifty years to make the cycle, but new companies today, in the age of the Internet, often make the cycle in five to ten years, or even less. By definition, most startups begin as a result of some innovation in product, process, or service. Product-line expansion. Consolidation.

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