Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 billion into Uber. or Walmart buying Jet for $3 billion.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. They represent more than 10,000 people total.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

This morning I’m going to talk about the Mobile App ecosystem and why it’s led so many startups astray. I have met people on Snapchat and moved the conversation to email and even phone. I just met an entrepreneur in Kuwait and we’re now connected on email. No, I don’t take pitches on Snapchat.

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