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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. In any case, before you select a specific outsourcing or contract alternative, there is no substitute for doing thorough due diligence.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 5 – Chris Brose

Steve Blank

We just held our fifth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. Firms will start to torture founders with endless diligence requests.

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

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But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures makespace' Full on burger flipping mode. I’m long NY.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. In any case, before you select a specific outsourcing or contract alternative, there is no substitute for doing thorough due diligence.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. But distribution is now unlimited. Not so fast. And global.

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