Startups and Beyond: Building Enduring Organizations
Launch great startups. Building lasting and successful enterprises. A book by Ajay Batra. www.startupsandbeyond.com
Launch great startups. Building lasting and successful enterprises. A book by Ajay Batra. www.startupsandbeyond.com
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16 | STARTUPS AND BEYOND<br />
VUCA<br />
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011<br />
iPhone launched.<br />
Dow reaches an alltime<br />
high of 14,164.<br />
DaimlerChrysler<br />
offloads Chrysler to a<br />
private equity firm<br />
The price of petroleum<br />
hits $100 per barrel for<br />
the first time in history.<br />
Stock markets around<br />
the world crash.<br />
Lehman Brothers files<br />
for bankruptcy<br />
Gaza War ends. Sri<br />
Lankan Civil War ends.<br />
BRICS economic bloc<br />
formed. Dow drops to<br />
6,594<br />
Financial crisis in<br />
Greece <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The largest oil spill in<br />
US history occurs in the<br />
Gulf of Mexico. Dow<br />
Jones unexpectedly<br />
plunges by 1000 points<br />
5<br />
Arab Spring reaches<br />
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya,<br />
Yemen <strong>and</strong> Bahrain.<br />
Occupy movement<br />
triggers worldwide<br />
protests. LinkedIn,<br />
Groupon <strong>and</strong> P<strong>and</strong>ora<br />
go public. World<br />
population reaches 7<br />
billion
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