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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

For example, there are advanced marketing techniques that would never make sense with a smaller company, that are fascinating, challenging, and impactful to the top line at a larger company.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. And government agencies find themselves being disrupted by adversaries unencumbered by legacy systems, policies and history.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Rather than seeking private funding, the company’s owners obtained funds through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), committing them to building products for government use. Today UEC Electronics has increased its workforce more than tenfold, from that original 10 to now 115, and is considered a key government contractor.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Comparisons have been made to the two most recent significant pull-backs of the dot com crash in 2000-2001 and Great Recession of 2008-2009. . Similarly, government budgets will come under pressure with increasing expenditure on pensions, healthcare, and other programs to support aging populations.

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Five Tips For People-Centric Data Security This Holiday Season

YoungUpstarts

By David Kidd, Vice President of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Peak 10. David Kidd, Vice President of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Peak 10 , Inc joined the Peak 10 management team in 2000 where he oversees legal affairs, governance, risk management, compliance and information security.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. MyUSA Simplifying the process of finding and accessing information and government services that are right for you. Take a look and judge for yourself.

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Can the Bitcoin code be forbidden by democratic governments?

The Startup Magazine

No democratic government will ever ban technology. By their nature, governments must protect innovation. They have gained from it, and the governors have had 2000 years to see what is happening with states that do not innovate. It is a minor example, but it is important for both governments and companies.