Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 22, 2023
In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2020
In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.
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View from Seed
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. But even with this profitable Q3, on a trailing twelve months (TTM) basis Airbnb has a GAAP net loss of >$1 billion.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 10, 2020
sales to product development), the problems will continue to exist. Zain Jaffer is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Zain Ventures , an investment firm that invests globally in start-ups, real estate, stocks, fixed income, hedge funds, and private equity.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
A few of the many quotations that struck me: “Most startups fail due not to the failure of product development but due to the lack of customers”. Learning and discovering who a company’s initial customers will be and what market they are in, requires a process separate and distinct from product development”.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 3, 2012
Two years after release, product market share was up by 30% to 70%. The division was the dominant global player. The team followed these rules: Cardinal Rules of Synchronous Customer and Product Development. Twelve of 17 competitors were gone. Report to a “Board,” to explain and defend your strategy and business case.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2014
Nanea help leadership roles at EA (SVP, COO Global Online), Gaikai (Chief Product Officer, Chief Strategy Officer), JAMDAT (SVP), Machinma (COO) and currently textPlus (President & COO – including leading engineering and product). Feedback driven product development versus visionary (Steve Jobs) driven development.
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