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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

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Consider the following example from 34 years ago that included the exact same type of prediction error: “In 1980, McKinsey & Company was commissioned by AT&T (whose Bell Labs had invented cellular telephony) to forecast cell phone penetration in the U.S. Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. San Jose Mercury News: Maker Faire Mixes Business With Wackiness. Lessons from a Failed Forecast. Small Business Labs. Welcome to Small Business Labs. Follow us on Twitter. Emergent Research. Deskmag: Profiling Coworkers in the United States.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On The Northwest

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Orbiter expects to give its investors a 15 times return on investment based on their current pipeline and revenue forecast. At this point, Greg is in the process of bringing in two additional investors, and the primary topics of our discussion were valuation and ROI issues around the new investors. Happy Grasshopper. Social Pulse.

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

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I attended yesterday the 10th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends organized by the Churchill Club at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Unfortunately, John Doeer was not in the panel this year, but Tony said he could not believe anymore in Johns forecasts after his support of Hillarys presidential campaign. Thursday, May 15, 2008.