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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.

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6 Building Blocks Make Amazon A Global Market Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new business dreams of growing from a startup to a global market leader in a few years, like Amazon.com, but that goal is elusive. It has proven to be a huge customer growth engine, and now has over 100 million members globally. My simple answer is that they keep their focus on customers, rather than technology.

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8 Keys To Real Innovation Outside of Silicon Valley

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.

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8 Key Principles To Prepare For Invading A New Market

Startup Professionals Musings

Many of you don’t like to think of it this way, but penetrating a target market with your startup is a lot like a military invasion. Too many entrepreneurs push their product out without the proper scouting on high return or weak points in the existing market. Focus on one key objective rather than a broad global win.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you hadn’t noticed, the key elements of a competitive advantage for your business have changed as businesses move online, and your domain is instantly global. Manual tracking and occasional surveys won’t keep you competitive in today’s high volume and rapidly changing market.

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5 Phases Of Every Startup That Regulate Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a tall order, especially when your business culture has to fit into the myriad of international and local cultures that are part of every market these days. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution.

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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

Startup Professionals Musings

So what do investors look for in qualifying you for that million dollars you need to take your invention from your garage to the market? People like to complain about global warming and the plastics pollution problem, but they may not be ready to buy alternative energy at twice the price, or change bad habits for global gain.