Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on. Our class was at least a third finance and a third consultants. Clark: Competing through Social Networks. That’s invaluable. Prince: Business History. Georgiades: Negotiation.

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David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2011

A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson discussed the role of government grants in helping launch tech companies. Fred is not a fan and argues that evaluating and aiding early-stage companies is not a core competency of government organizations. He concludes by asking his readers to look into grant programs available for startups.

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Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2021

In addition, employees would have a right to sue the employer, which could cost them their livelihood, reputation, and personal finances. Not only will employees lose important wages and benefits, but it means the government loses valuable tax dollars, eventually resulting in over or underpayment.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It is evident that nothing else will compete with the digital world and digital solutions. Governments and organizations are increasingly looking for ways to promote innovation, and this will bring more opportunities for entrepreneurs. There is likely to be more room for non-traditional forms of business like freelancing.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If late payments are putting finances under pressure, it pays to invoice as soon as your product or service has been delivered. If you need working capital to get you through, make sure you’ve taken advantage of all the Government support options for small business. below baseline, payroll expenditure is 9.2% below the baseline.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

Ask your Finance department where most money is being spent on the web. I love the depth of data now available in both tools for free (even if you use just the free part of Compete). All free from Compete. It is that important (especially if you are a non-ecommerce b2b government peaceful protest photo sharing website).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Perplexity ‘s launched a free ‘Deep Research’ version to compete with OpenAI’s product available for Pro users (for $200 a month). ElevenLabs partnered with Spotify to launch AI voice audiobooks, competing with Audible. Perplexity also open sourced DeepSeek R1 version without Chinese censorship.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

And to me that means competing – and winning – in business – with an eye toward the purpose that we strive for.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Crowdsourcing is fundamentally changing business, government, non-profits, education, research, and other sectors. With companies like Unilever showing the way, traditional agencies will find it more and more difficult to compete with millions of talented creatives and with smart and nimble upstart agencies. Related posts: U.S.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

Not only will working through the planning process prompt you to think about important things like how you’re positioned to compete with similar businesses, and how much cash you’ll need to actually get started , but it will also help you validate your idea and get into a habit of setting goals and milestones. Step 5: Getting financed.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2021

In addition, they’re fiercely competing with every other burgeoning business that is vying for the same funding, compounding the obstacles they face when trying to grow their business. These days, though, getting the financing for a startup doesn’t have to be the herculean task it once was.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? Fuzzy Governance.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? Fuzzy Governance.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. And, there are potential tax traps as well, especially when Non Qualified options are traded for services. Your investors, the smart ones at least, are certainly making decisions the other way among competing deals.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

That’s the thing about someone who is a government systems wonk. She wants to figure out how to finance the billions of dollars in much-needed NYCHA repairs. To me, an organization that hits on all these tiny cylinders at once needs to be led by a competent operator. Kathryn is exceedingly practical. Bike lanes. Property taxes.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Most importantly, there is a reasonable probability that the absence of standard governance guardrails and constraints actually enables reckless behavior. Lastly, in a heated market, investor competition increases which leads to more investors being willing to “take what they can get” when it comes to governance. Theranos) is another.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. In his personal life, Tianyi is a professional boxer, has competed in the 2008 Chinese Olympic Trials, trained with the Chinese National Team, and was an IKF Amateur Thai Boxing World Champion.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Finance (Exchanges, Services, Banks, Accounting), Media (Publishing, Broadcasting, Digital, Gaming), Fashion & Retail, Advertising, Insurance, Global Governance, Law, Real Estate, Professional Sports, and Telecom all have industry leading firms headquartered in New York City.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Finance (Exchanges, Services, Banks, Accounting), Media (Publishing, Broadcasting, Digital, Gaming), Fashion & Retail, Advertising, Insurance, Global Governance, Law, Real Estate, Professional Sports, and Telecom all have industry leading firms headquartered in New York City.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Of course, you will need a killer product—but, you will also need a competent growth strategy that will encompass comprehensive marketing, sales, research and development, technology, and beyond. Once you understand when and how customers will buy from your business, you can then scale your startup accordingly. Secure timely funding.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Furthermore, O’Reilly’s own examples demonstrate the difference between a blitzscalable and non-blitzscalable market. In other words, what percentage of sales are available to pay for growth, and to reward investors for financing that growth. One, it could rise to the challenge and compete by launching its own blitzscaling effort.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

I think we do need to see more de-coupling of data storage and the internet – but more importantly than that we need governments to speed up the legislation process and take ‘data crime’ more seriously. We also need to see a more serious effort from governments to ensure companies protect user data better.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. In most industries, manufacturing is no longer a core competence of the U.S. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. Newell ran the U.S.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

I think we do need to see more de-coupling of data storage and the internet – but more importantly than that we need governments to speed up the legislation process and take ‘data crime’ more seriously. We also need to see a more serious effort from governments to ensure companies protect user data better.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2018

A Key Lesson from their 2017 Success: As a business competes in a cyclical market like housing, when market conditions turn strongly in our favor as they did for homebuilders last year, be extremely aggressive and highly urgent in pursuit of as many new sales and customers as possible. financing round. percent last year.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Put likable, competent and passionate people on the front line. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive. Finance, IT, Legal). love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. failure.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Problems with Non-Financial Measurement. Government agencies. But many times, they’re dealing with non-financial metrics or competing online goals. A leading home-finance company, for example, implemented an “executive dashboard” that eventually grew to encompass nearly 300 measures. Content sites. Nonprofits.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

In this manner, we determined what our market niche could be, and established whether or not we could compete in the existing market, and what it would take to succeed,” he says. Find out who the major players are that you’ll be competing against, determine who your ideal customer is, and define what they want.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Mexican fast-food giant Chipotle has made serving non-GMO foods a key element of their brand promise. We work with different types of customers, including entrepreneurs, small business owners, big Brands, agencies, non-profits, and even governments. Finance generic logos. Those customer groups differ from each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. They had to fight for the right to compete. Then they had to compete and win as well. We were thrilled to welcome Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as our first guest to the virtual event.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

They can even add more value than an independent board member because they don’t have to deal with corporate governance. Or you can just “burn the boats at the shore&# and give the advisory shares to the investor with the agreement that he will invest a minimum amount in the financing. Or they raise your money for you.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. I desired to use the non-analytical side of my brain to create, inspire, lead, and find a new type of success. We are fed by teenage angst to understand the role of tech and non-tech in our world.

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