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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US.

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How to Handle Competition as a Startup

The Startup Magazine

For this type of company, using AI inventory management systems can be particularly beneficial. These systems apply complex algorithms to parse sales data, forecast demand trends, and manage stock levels efficiently. Reviewing customer feedback about competitors also sheds light on market expectations and common complaints.

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Dual Founders Manage Technology Startups Better

Startup Professionals Musings

Most employers, due to fear of lawsuits, will only confirm employment data and give you positive feedback over the phone. Ask early candidates how they differentiate themselves from their peers. Use existing team to find a new manager or peer. Then use their insights in questioning other candidates.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He has many of the attributes I look for in an entrepreneur and importantly he has deep domain experience in ad management. I’ll explain in detail below.

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[Review] Heart, Smarts, Guts, And Luck

YoungUpstarts

Tackling the human aspect of entrepreneurship, leadership and management, the book surmised that each of us are biased towards one of four traits – namely heart, smarts, guts, or luck – in our decision-making processes. Highly recommended reading for anybody keen to understand themselves better.

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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. They range from customer insights, marketing, sales, analytics, demand management, support, and customer experience, to mobile and location based services.

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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

Along with lack of oversight, outdated software or hardware, inadequate cybersecurity, or one bad tech investment could seal the demise of a small enterprise. is any liability incurred in the development, acquisition, use, and retirement of technology — i.e. hardware and software systems, or the skills set needed to support them.