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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

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Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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The Average Startup Overnight Success Takes Six Years

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Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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How Long Should It Take For a Startup to Succeed?

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Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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Can You Beat Amazon In The Race To Overnight Success?

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Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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Every Entrepreneur Dreams of an Overnight Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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Guess How Long Overnight Success Really Takes

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6

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