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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business Review

Given the stock market was buying “the story and vision” of anything internet, inflated expectations were more important than traditional metrics like customers, growth, revenue, or, heaven forbid, profits. Startups with huge burn rates — building leases, staff, PR and advertising — ran out of money.

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