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Lynn Reedy,
eBay
Stephanie Tilenius,
eBay
eBay vs. Yahoo! in Japan: What Would You Do Differently?
Tilenius talks about eBay's late launch into Japan when Yahoo! was already Number One in Japan with 500,000 listings. This made it difficult for eBay and ...
Kim Smith,
New Schools Venture Fund
A Theory of Change = Business Model + Strategy
Smith explains that a theory of change in the social sector is roughly equivalent to a combination of the business model and strategy in the ...
Elon Musk,
SpaceX
History of Zip2
Musk started by writing some small software over the summer and eventually started talking to some publishing companies who developed interest.
Elon Musk,
SpaceX
Founding of Paypal
After his company zip2, Musk started exploring other opportunities on the web. He realized that money required low bandwidth and there was not enough innovation ...
Jerry Kaplan,
Winster
The Best Time to Start a Company is When Nobody Thinks it’s Possible
Kaplan talks about how most people will work on an idea for a company for 2-3 years before they get the money. The best time ...
Jerry Kaplan,
Winster
Timing is Important: The Same Idea Can Have Different Fates
Kaplan says that every idea is repeatedly proposed. Timing of an idea is very important and very difficult to call. This involves enabling technologies, customers ...
John Thompson,
Symantec Corporation
Stick to Core Mission, Focus, and Keep It Simple
John Thompson talks about the key driver at Symantec - product focus.To meet this goal, the enterprise was forced to make difficult decisions, including ...
John Thompson,
Symantec Corporation
Acquisition and Growth for Symantec
Thompson talks about how Symantec was looking at changing from a software business to a content business. He shares the history about the marriage between ...
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