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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

Every movie I had seen – 12 O’clock High, Memphis Belle, etc. – assumed that there were no electronics other than radios on these bombers. And now am leading a startup of my own ( [link] ) where we’re students of you and Eric Ries’ lean startup principles. Each allied bombing mission lost 2-20% of their planes.

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BUZZ Doesn’t Equal BUY: Three Factors To Look For When Seeking Stocks With Long-Term Value

YoungUpstarts

One of those real-world examples is FedEx, the Memphis-based delivery company. When I visited Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx, at his Memphis headquarters, he said strategy was his company’s top priority. If you cut 1 percent in cost or time, that’s not much. They use lean teams. You can have the best operations.

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