We Need To Get Off The Silicon Valley Doomsday Machine

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I was working on Wall Street in 1995 when the Netscape IPO hit like a bombshell. It was the first big Internet stock and, although originally priced at $14 per share, it opened at double that amount and quickly zoomed to $75. By the end of the day, it had settled back at $58.25 and, just like that, a tiny company with no profits was worth $2.9 billion.

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Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, @HBR Contributor, - Learn more at www.GregSatell.com — note: I use Amazon Affiliate links for books.

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Greg Satell

Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, @HBR Contributor, - Learn more at www.GregSatell.com — note: I use Amazon Affiliate links for books.