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Strategy is Defined by Big Picture | Art of Leadership 2012

Tech Zulu Event

Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. His example has to do with Ford Motor cars expanding into India. In the boxes he writes: 1.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

The TMP is an example of lean academia. Lettuce - After taking orders on a homemade inventory app at a tradeshow, my former students realized that their app was generating more excitement than the company''s dog toys. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million.

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10 Ways for Startups to Expand Their Reach in 2012

Startup Professionals Musings

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. He provides several examples of how he used this approach to advantage in his own career. License your product to a partner or alliance.

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Putting an End to the Dark Ages of Local Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. We have an entire dev team dedicated solely to calendar integrations, for example.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

Both Sides of the Table

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? More strategic.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should you start a company? What company should you start? When should you join a company? Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. When should a VC invest?

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TechZulu Is Looking For New Blood | Apply For Editorial, Biz Dev and More

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Ambitious and motivated graduate-level and undergraduate (junior and senior) students are encouraged to apply for our internship positions: Business Development Intern (Summer 2012): Have the opportunity to work with and learn from TechZulu leadership while focusing on research, analytics, relationship management and collateral development.