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GWEN IFILL (NewsHour): Behind all the blockbuster success stories out of Silicon Valley, there are scores of ideas that just don’t make it. And some die a pretty slow death.
Special correspondent Steve Goldbloom has our story.
ACTOR: We have got a great name, we have got a great team, we have got a great logo, and we have got a great name. Now we just need an idea. Let’s pivot.
STEVE GOLDBLOOM (NewsHour): HBO’s comedy “Silicon Valley” lampoons start-up culture in the Bay Area. But for those working in the tech scene, it’s like art imitating life. In other words, people really do talk that way.
WOMAN: Pivot is a great one.
NITASHA TIKU, Valleywag: Killing it, crushing it.
WOMAN: Disrupt is the classic one.
NITASHA TIKU: Rock stars, ninjas, Jedi.
GARY KREMEN, CapGain Solutions: Lean in. Bail fast.
NITASHA TIKU: Growth hacker, which is actually just marketing.
JACOB MULLINS, Exitround: I think it’s “The Social Network” movie that over-romanticized how easy it is for college students to become a hundred-billion-dollar company.
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