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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Or nine months because there weren’t any processes and documentation in place — again because it was just one person, who didn’t need that stuff, because after all we’re moving so quickly! But, an illness takes the velocity of the product or quality of support from heroic to zero. Predictability means going slower.

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How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices

Steve Blank

Think of the PEO Directory linked below as a “Who buys in the government?” You can download the full 64-page document of Program Executive Offices and Officers with all 602 names here. Caveats Do not depend on this document for accuracy or completeness. This means this document was out of date the day it was written.

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Can Document Management Restore Consumers’ Trust In Enterprises?

YoungUpstarts

Looking at the course of information “management’s” evolution over the past twenty years, companies have, in general, evolved to predominately rely on and store information digitally, yet un-securely and through paper documents, too. Okay, great.

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15 Unexpected Costs of Cutting Your Nonprofit Board Portal Software

Board Effect

Nonprofits are currently experiencing a tough time, particularly with the economic downturn, which may have impacted donations and support, along with rising operational costs. The trends of declining fundraising and rising operating costs are expected to continue, according to the Cerini Associates report on nonprofit trends for 2023.

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The Ultimate Guide to Start-Up Costs for Your Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

In some instances, your government may be able to provide you with a template to follow. For the markets that don’t have anything like this, you can usually find a business worksheet online that will help you calculate your startup costs. You need a plan, but at the same time, you don’t need to start from nothing.

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Understanding the Regulatory Process throughout your next Hardware Product Design

The Startup Magazine

One of the biggest hurdles – particularly with medical devices, baby products, and food safety products – is how to successfully navigate regulatory standards where potential user and environmental risks of new features must be carefully assessed and documented. Certification research for new parts.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Gust

Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of specifying and documenting “formal business processes.” Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Here is another often overlooked area of process that kills many startups, both in cost and time.

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