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Should you battle the dragon? Or just avoid the encounter?

Berkonomics

In one industry I know well, the dominant player with 22% market share was acquired by one of the largest companies in the technology world. Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes. Quietly abandon a niche?

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How to battle the dragon AND avoid the encounter.

Berkonomics

In one industry I know well, the dominant player with 22% market share was acquired by one of the largest companies in the technology world. Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes. Quietly abandon a niche?

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Summary notes, as always, provide below. It was a pleasure to write them myself. Overture (Goto.com). Overture was sold to Yahoo!

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having having raised $300 million?—?less

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Interview with Asher Hunt, Overnight

socalTECH

The startup, which launched this week, is hoping to find both travelers and hosts who don't want to deal with long term plans, and who can respond immediately to finding and offering up a place to stay for the night. Can you explain how your service works? On a high level, it looks like a HotelTonight or Airbnb, but more like an Uber for Airbnb.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. Market Size.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.