pivots

Build a versatile startup team to make pivots easier

Steve Blank’s definition of a startup is “a temporary organization in the search of a repeatable business model”. Temporary, because as soon as you have built a machine where you pou

How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market

When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion, it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something com

Late-blooming startups can still thrive

Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Everyone loves pizza, including VCs Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders? It seems like startup news is full of over

The hungry consumer and the software pivot

The internet has become a lonely space, and consumers are hungry for something new. We don’t talk much anymore about new processors, video cards and faster dialup modems -- at least not like we used

Foursquare, Quora, Path: What Becomes Of The Underachievers?

Foursquare, Quora, Path. Each is (or was) a Valley darling; each has millions of loyal users; each has raised more than $50 million, albeit nontraditionally, and been valued at $400 million or more --

Y Combinator Backed Bushido Pivots From Cloud Platforms To Customer Data

Prince Siddhārtha is said to have left behind his life of privilege, and his wife and child, to dedicate his life to the search for enlightenment and eventually become the spiritual leader known as <

It’s A Dark Time To Be A Consumer In The Cloud

<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecco_Pro">Ecco Pro</a>, a much beloved outliner and personal information management application for Windows was discontinued about 15 years ago. B