Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We just held our seventeenth 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. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As a long-time business executive and adviser to entrepreneurs, I see a definitive shift away from customer trust in traditional business messages, and the executives who deliver them. Today’s digitally distracted consumer is led to trust only things that they see with their own eyes, senses, so they can render their own judgement. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Unless you’re already operating a mega-corporation, chances are you’re working with limited resources. Especially in a time where profit margins seem thinner than ever, it’s important to bolster your workflow with smarter expenses. Take a step back and assess how your business capital would be best spent. Do you need to invest in production services to create more creative rich media?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Based on our history, we can see that unprecedented events have the potential to cause permanent mass changes. Remember the 9/11 attack? That attack changed the face of airport security forever. Suddenly, new transit rules were enforced and sophisticated surveillance gear became commonplace. Here is how remote startups are changing the game for everyone.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Technology has rapidly transformed the world we live in today, and few sectors have progressed as much as the healthcare industry. Today, the global healthcare market is valued at $11.9 trillion , and its significant size can largely be credited to technology. From improving medical procedures to enhancing patient experience, there’s no doubt that technological developments will significantly impact the healthcare industry.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Each business has a story. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each and brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. Thus I often recommend that before you kick off your own business, you join another startup or existing business to see how things really work. Even the best college degree is not a substitute.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The novel coronavirus disease has led to many businesses embracing digital transformations to accommodate the ever-growing online market. The social distancing needs and huge traffic online has led companies to upgrade their online selling channels to meet the digital demand. Some of the upgrades being incorporated include having regular content updates, improved website design, and other digital improvements.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The COVID-19 rupture of the economy left a harsh lesson to both educators and learners in various industries. One of which is the lack of preparation for the worst. Most entrepreneurs are aware of the famous saying, “fail to prepare, prepare to fail,” and it seems like the best caution quote of 2020 for everyone. Even so, the onslaught of the pandemic did not break the spirits of business people who probably have seen or lived through the worse.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I love Neal Stephenson. I’ve read all of his books, some of them multiple times. Well, except the Baroque Cycle trilogy, which I’m saving for a special period of time to get lost in them, and from everything. Last week I read In the Beginning…Was the Command Line. For the second time. This time I read it on my Kindle, which was fitting. Stephenson wrote it in 1999.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every new year brings with it a new form of excitement and anticipation. The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and change those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

You’ve heard the expression “All sizzle, no steak?” Or the Texan equivalent of “All hat, no cattle?” [sidenote: it’s weird that cows feature prominently in both of these]. Basically these sayings are referring to people who talk a big game but then can’t back it up with action. Sparkly but no quality behind it. While it’s readily agreed among investors that these types of leaders eventually get seen for what they are over the long haul (although distressingly they usually get funded initially),

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Most entrepreneurs, and members of any small team, naively assume that the key to their success is hard work, dedication, and long hours in the business. In reality, their effectiveness is usually more related to how well they develop their work relationships with peers and business leaders. First they need to decipher correctly every relationship as a workship, friendship, or foe.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Businesses are all about collaboration and communication between different groups of people. This can essentially be between the business and the customers or the business and the employees. With businesses getting more globalized than ever, with offices being situated in different locations and time zones, there are different technologies being used to accommodate such settings.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Funders can be fickle. Each has their own set of criteria for deciding whether a startup has potential. And sometimes it’s a downright mysterious group of benchmarks. Everything from politics to personality may come into play when you’re trying to attract investors. . Still, there are a few considerations you can expect to be a part of the calculus.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every organization built for growth and market influence should include Wikipedia in its strategic plan. The value of inclusion in the world’s most-read knowledge base is significant. By: Dan Cook , Journalist, Wikipedia Expert, To The Point Collaborative. Wikipedia ‘s purpose is to benefit readers by acting as a free encyclopedia; a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2020

As we wrap up 2020, there are those business ideas you’ve been longing to start and 2020 is the year to implement them. This could be a home-based business, franchise option or whatever option looks attractive to you. One thing is certain, your business can succeed if you can put in the right energy and bring in the right people to kick-start it. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners the businesses they’re starting in 2020 and here are the responses. #1- A new app idea.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Get a chicken. Cook it until it’s perfectly done. Reduce the jus to a nice pan sauce. Then finish it with some butter until it has the right balance of flavors. Enjoy. This is a useless recipe, but it’s not wrong. It assumes, however, that accurate advice on what you should do is as valuable as advice on how to do it—the “Should-How Fallacy.” But being right doesn’t create value; empowering others to succeed does.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

No matter what people may proclaim, everyone in business is looking to achieve the highest possible level of satisfaction and financial success in their career. For best results, my advice is to think like an entrepreneur, even if you are a corporate employee. According to many studies, entrepreneurs tend to be happier , and over 80 percent of self-made millionaires are entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Cybersecurity is often the last thing on an entrepreneur’s mind when launching a business. While you might think your new venture is too small fry to attract cybercriminals, your network vulnerabilities and lack of cybersecurity knowledge could make your business an easy target. While your branding, marketing campaigns, and product quality will be at the forefront of your mind, you must not overlook the importance of network and data security.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Congratulations on your recent move to Austin! December in Austin; yep, you came to the right place. Moving is hard enough, but to do it during a pandemic has to be next-level headache inducing and a huge stress test so kudos to you. I have yet to meet a person who loves moving. I’m not talking about exploring a new city and feeling like you get to re-invent yourself simply by changing zip codes; everyone loves that.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Getting companies to pay invoices can be hard sometimes, especially if they’re a large multi-faceted client with multiple departments and teams of people to work through when you’re trying to square off your outstanding accounts receivables. This is a tricky scenario that requires careful steps to resolve. While you are deserving of the money you are owed, you need to be careful about fostering your relationships with clients so you don’t cause problems down the road.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2020

You can’t always get what you want in life — but often you get what you need. It’s easy to listen to that lyric and gloss over the advice within, yet successful entrepreneurs get it. Things may not work out exactly as planned, but to turn a short burst of relevance into a long, healthy business life, sometimes trade-offs are necessary. Thankfully, the pandemic hasn’t scared away resilient folks who want to start businesses.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 16, 2020

2020…the year of the pandemic. We’ve seen a tremendous amount of human loss and hardship, but it’s also been a year full of hope and innovation. . Technology’s role in the human response to Covid-19 cannot be understated. Hundreds of millions of people suddenly started working from home and attending school/university from home. We shifted a large portion of our lives from offline to online, not missing a beat, thanks to the power of technology.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The end of every year is the opportunity reflect on a 365-day journey. 2020 may have been a bad year for especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while to others, it was a great year. Many businesses were launched and others were closed. Pivots were made and goals were shattered. In the last few days of 2020, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and businesses what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- Being able to survive the pandemic.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 24, 2020

To have a breakthrough idea is not enough to launch a startup. The idea should be supported by a business plan. Together with IT businessman and investor Rustam Gilfanov, we try to figure out what one needs to take into account when designing a business plan for a startup. “There is a difference between a business and a startup. A startup is the launch of a fundamentally new solution, a market innovation.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In a world where A/B tests are done by over 70% of online businesses , choosing not to follow a data-driven methodology to make informed decisions on website changes might seem unreasonable. But what if your website doesn’t have enough traffic? Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? At Map My Growth , we often face this scenario.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Is your startup protected from the many, many threats to its continued existence? The answer probably lies somewhere on the spectrum from “yes” to “no,” but it’s unlikely to be a declarative version of either. That’s because most startups take some steps to protect their enterprises from well-known cyberthreats while leaving themselves vulnerable to others.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In most ways, the easiest way to approach a career is to follow the norm and pass the buck to an employer. Let them find work for you and pass it along: you can live a simple life, just getting through your assigned daily workload and not needing to think about anything else. Minimal stress, minimal responsibility, and minimal opportunity for failure.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2020

7 Small Business Trends that Arrived Just in Time for 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. This blog post is brought to you by GoDaddy Pro. Every year for the last 20 or so, I’ve wrapped up the year with my predictions for trends in the coming year. I’m usually spot on too. But that’s really more of a testament to the fact that trends tend to creep up on us rather than overwhelm us.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Every new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. We asked entrepreneurs to share their biggest goals and what they were looking forward to in 2021. #1- Collaborate and provide more employment.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2020

by Rod Robertson, Managing Partner of Briggs Capital and author of “ Winning at Entrepreneurship: Insiders’ Tips on Buying, Building, and Selling Your Own Business “ While news of vaccines on the horizon signal hope, some analysts think a sizable chunk of the U.S. economy has been damaged permanently by COVID-19, with more layoffs and business closures still to come in 2021.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Collaboration is vital for the success of a startup. Through collaboration, teams will come up with more original, creative, and fleshed-out ideas than if they were working individually. Teams can rebalance workloads to make sure no team member is overworked or underutilized. They can also build camaraderie and morale, which may lead to greater productivity all around.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Did you know that an estimated 90% of new startups fail and that 34% of them close within their first year? There are plenty of reasons why this happens, from poor cash flow to a lack of organization. But one of the less obvious and more costly reasons is utilizing marketing that doesn’t connect with your customers. You can have a great product or service, an obvious opportunity and still be wasting money on customers that simply don’t appear.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2020

2021 Trends for Small Business written by Jenna Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch . In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I do my annual wrap up of 2020 in a way that predicts what is coming next year! I’ve been doing this post for the last 20 years and I’m usually spot on. That’s not a nod to my prediction ability but more to the fact that trends usually creep up on us and grow.

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