So let’s talk first about the enterprise productivity piece of this. This is really the cycle we're in. Now I'll get to this in a minute. Unfortunately, it's the cycle that we're at the maturation phase of which is why it doesn't feel like everything is going up right now. But this was really fu...
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Estrin emphasizes that a good leader and entrepreneur should have flexibility--flexibility in dealing with people and navigating through changes in plans. Estrin thinks that this is a hard time and environment for startups, but that should not prevent people from being entrepreneurs. Big compani...
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I mentioned that the consumer market, the next market is not as start-up friendly. It doesn’t mean nobody can succeed. It's just harder. And you really, really, really, need to have patience. This is not a two-year cycle. It's a five, seven year deal that you're jumping into. And I think our min...
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So, unfortunately, in the valley, there are a lot of people out there that weren’t working before this up circle started. Or were, but then forgot and picked up bad habits. And we all have to take a step back and remember what it means to really tightly execute. Remember, though, that it is inno...
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"Dominant" vendors. And I put dominant in quotes here. What do I mean by this? I mean vendors that are so strong in their market. That it’s hard as a start-up to see how you get around it. I'm talking about vendors that are so strong in their market that if they see what you're doing and choose t...
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Estrin explains how it is difficult to reach critical mass in a tough economic environment, which prevents startups from growing enough to compete. She gives a personal example of Precept attempting to enter the market, but not reaching critical mass by the time Microsoft entered the market as w...
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There’s another part of it which smells a little bit like dotcom's, but it is what has succeeded from the dotcom error. And that was Enterprise is using the internet to reach out to their partners and customers in new ways. Now what's the difference between that and kind of the bubble part of th...
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This may seem obvious to anybody studying in Stanford or anybody in Silicon Valley. But in fact, people use the term innovation so often and now use the term change, in fact, so often that many people actually tune out to it. It becomes a sound byte. It becomes something that we take for granted...
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Estrin explains how it is important not to confuse marketing with reality. Know when you are marketing and know what the real thing is, she says. Make sure you listen to real customer input, she cautions.
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Estrin explains the reasons the consumer market is hard for startups is: 1) The amount of marketing dollars to reach the consumer directly is larger than startups can afford 2) It takes a lot of alliances to be successful and this is hard for a startup to do
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Estrin declares that technology cycles have to start with a break-through innovation, something significantly disruptive. When it happens we don’t know it is a break-through technology, she notes. In time, however, applications are built around this technology, she adds.
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Estin talks about the history of Packet Design and how it adapted to the downturn in the economy. Packet Design started in 2000 as a technology company with the idea of bringing researchers and developers together under the notion that they would work on 5-6 projects and either spin out or licens...
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