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Why Startups Are Ready For A Reboot

YoungUpstarts

Most startups have been competent in managing their cash burn by determining how they spend and utilizing government subsidies to meet their goals. NBC News points out several companies that filed for bankruptcy during the later months of the crisis. Businesses have had to look for more creative means for funding their success.

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). I had taken the job of VP of Marketing in a company emerging from bankruptcy. Why Do You Work Here?

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Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is A Thing Of The Past And What You Should Do About It

YoungUpstarts

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. Basically, employees purchase their own individual policies on the open market (a purchase frequently offset by government subsidies), and employers reimburse them. For many, it’s been a struggle.

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Effective Cost-Saving Rules for Manufacturers

The Startup Magazine

Due to lockdowns, layoffs and other measures forced by the virus, some manufacturers had to pronounce bankruptcy and completely stop their business actions. These efficient drilling tools, bridge plugs and other assets can boost operational flexibility, optimize completion programs and lower total operating costs.

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Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It

Steve Blank

Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. The same holds true for Government organizations, albeit with more serious consequences. It’s a textbook case of the Innovators Dilemma.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models.

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Learning From Bankruptcy: Two Key Insights For Business

YoungUpstarts

In reality, though, the worst thing is to go into bankruptcy and not learn anything from the experience. Though bankruptcy can seem catastrophic when it happens, it also gives you the opportunity to try again; this time with 20/20 hindsight. And yes, this is true even in the case of bankruptcy.