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6 Keys To Positioning Your Disruptive Solution Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet truly disruptive innovations, like the smartphone from Apple and the rise of the Internet, are very rare, and are generally unpredicted. The most disruptive products are ones that never existed before, and no forecasts are even available to size the opportunity. So why would any investor ever believe any of these claims?

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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. You live in the era of the flat world where millions of people have access to technology, education, and a powerful sales, marketing, and communication platform (the Internet).

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Extremely Valuable Tips for Creating a Financial Forecast During the Early Stages of an Entrepreneurial Journey

Up and Running

Creating financial forecasts and budgets are not typically how many entrepreneurs envision spending their time, but these tools are incredibly necessary. An accurate and thoughtful forecast can be time-consuming, but it will help you to make informed decisions regarding staffing and growth, and it will help you attract investors.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what? But for my sins I got an MBA and did “strategy&# consulting.

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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

According to one recent survey of 600 supply chain decision-makers , 41 percent have an Internet of Things (IoT) Supply Chain Planning solution in place, and another 23 percent were working on such a strategy. Employ Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning Solutions. trillion in profits due to cost-saving and increased revenues.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Eventually it becomes self healing, but I don’t believe consistent growth will happen too quickly.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. Our sales forecasts were revised downward – many times. I acknowledge it was a mistake. We were hot. Until we weren’t.

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