YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Where there’s been the overthrowing of governments, mass protests and even outright civil war, there’s… entrepreneurship. Schroeder, looks at how a wave of entrepreneurial activity – especially tech entrepreneurship – is sweeping across that part of the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 257

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. Carlos stirred his coffee.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. It wasn’t a big jump.

Government 196

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. Just as a reminder, Quantum technologies are used in three very different and distinct markets: Quantum Computing , Quantum Communications and Quantum Sensing and Metrology. Different technical approaches (superconducting, photonics, cold atoms, etc.)

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Expanding a business can be quite challenging due to its complexities. Achieving growth requires maintaining records and ensuring compliance while efficiently managing entities involved in developing and expanding business operations. These resources aid in making board meetings more efficient and productive.

Software Review 113

Software Review Software Management Government 113

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Navigating Industry Regulations and Compliance An array of regulations governs freight brokering to ensure safety and fairness within the industry. Brokers must remain up-to-date on these regulations, which cover areas such as licensing, insurance, and operational compliance.

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Developer Technical Review Software Review Reputation 130

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Advanced technologies continually alter our world’s landscape, and each step is an incremental evolution that propels you forward. Businesses also demand flexibility, choice, agility, and cost-effectiveness from these enabling technologies to ensure that business capabilities can change with demand, market, trade mission, and more.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

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Technical Review Ukraine Software Review ChatGPT 148

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

The giants in electronic industries have updated themselves in almost every aspect, be it operations, supply chain, repair and maintenance, or consumer-based research and development. Strategic operations management in the electronic industry is not easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Even after your application is accepted, the issuing process takes a lifetime in today’s technology (4-5 years). Software technology changes rapidly. Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

2) Online - easy to navigate website which minimises technical jargon, animated menus, and other distracting clutter. To implement an age-friendly strategy , the authors propose that this must be translated from strategic intent into operational actions. 4) Product - Intuitive software interface that is simple and easy to use.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2023

Modern technology has made it possible for fleet managers to optimize operations, streamline vehicle acquisition, and leverage telematics innovations to their advantage. By adopting advanced technologies and data-driven strategies, companies can optimize their fleet operations and stay ahead of the competition.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Management Software Review 157

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

Artificial Inteligence 167

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 167

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence community or other government agencies.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Over the past decade, advancing technologies and social consciousness have been causing unprecedented and exciting shifts in every sector of the economy, not just the tertiary.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2019

Do you find it hard to maintain or start tech support services for your business? Information technology or IT is a crucial tool in today’s digital era. All businesses, big or small, should have their technical support department. This is often due to many factors, like having no resources and knowledge about IT.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Technical Support Security Cost 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

He seemed to ignore the fact that hungry people rarely have money, and governments are very unpredictable customers. Unless you have a co-founder or two with the business skills to complement your technical ones, you need a friendly Advisory Board. Board members provide inexpensive expertise. What you learn will apply to employees.

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Advisory Board Bandwidth Cofounder Technical Review 356

Board Effect

JULY 19, 2021

In the most simple terms, boards are responsible for oversight and planning and management takes care of the daily operations. Whether you take a broad or a narrow approach to the difference between governance and management, the differences are specific and distinct. The Role of Governance. Board and Governance.

Government 98

Government Management Technical Review Software Review 98

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Cloud computing has become a buzzword in the recent years, with numerous companies providing the technology to enable organizations to access applications over a network to remote computing sites. Governments adopting the use of the Cloud. by Yi Ning Lim, marketing specialist at GMO GlobalSign. Cloud Security Concerns.

Cloud 223

Cloud Asia Government Mobile 223

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

In the US, a nonprofit is technically any company who qualifies as tax exempt through IRS Section 501(c). Government grants. The grant source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days when relevant due to the Obama administration initiatives on alternative energy and healthcare. That’s a higher calling.

Angel Investor 327

Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 327

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years.

Institutional Investors 271

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 271

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

During the Forum, Cloud Computing was highlighted as the number one technology priority for companies in 2012. However, it is interesting to note that Cloud Computing in Asia will not evolve in the same way as the Western market due to the eagerness of Asia’s CIOs and business leaders to take the lead in adopting the latest IT innovations.

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Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

Board Effect

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Without an agenda, confusion would reign An agenda is an essential tool of board governance. Much work goes into the agenda before the secretary can send it out to the board members in enough time to prepare for the upcoming meeting.The board chair reviews the agenda of the previous meeting, as well as the minutes.

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Technical Review Jacksonville Software Review Florida 92

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

The Serbian government is now looking to capitalize on this by launching a new initiative that will allow citizens to trade non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Second, it could provide a boost to the local tech sector. The Serbian government is hoping that the launch of NFT trading will help the country attract more foreign investment.

Serbia 158

Serbia Technical Review Government Software Review 158

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

Pete is now CEO of BMNT, a company that delivers innovation solutions and processes for governments. Today’s environment requires separate systems for innovation and execution that operate with parallel and sometimes overlapping processes. Here are Pete’s 5 principles that will accelerate innovation.

Curation 353

Curation Technical Review Lean Australia 353

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules. Newell ran the U.S.

Community 244

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Here are best practice tips to consider to ensure your next hardware product doesn’t get delayed or worse lie dormant for years due to regulatory hold-ups. Two primary concerns of regulation are the safety of the products to users and making sure the products you design do not interfere with other products currently operating in the market.

Design 166

Design Development Team Review Product Technical Review 166

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In the beginning of any technology revolution the technology gets ahead of the institutions designed to measure and regulate safety and standards. If these technical challenges weren’t enough for drivers to manage, these autonomous driving features are appearing at the same time that car dashboards are becoming computer displays.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Understanding the Canadian Market Canada is often seen as an appealing option for startups due to its proximity to the U.S., The country’s business-friendly environment is bolstered by its strong intellectual property laws, well-established financial systems, and government support programs for innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Mexico Canada Intellectual Property North America 148

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Customer verification, in some form or another, is generally a requirement for operating a business online. Companies must comply with the customer verification processes laid out by the relevant regulatory agencies and governments where they operate. Collect the correct payment information.

Software Review 167

Software Review Customer Technical Review Due Diligence 167

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China 171

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The result?

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

My friend Ron Ashkenas interviewed me for his blog on the Harvard Business Review. Instead the list is dominated by the big technology winners of the past 20 years that have built innovation into their DNA (Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft), and a lot of smaller, newer start-ups. His latest book is Simply Effective.

Business Model 334

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 334

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

Startup 335

Startup Lean Incubator Business Model 335

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money.

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Programming Affiliate SBA Government 279