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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech

TechCrunch LA

Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. This too shall pass.”

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

Turns Out There Are Competitive Moats There were some tech meme’s out there last year that scooter companies had no moats. While the Bird Zero has shown massive improvements, as you can imagine the company has built an entire vehicles team and designed an entire roadmap of scooters that will hit the roads in 2019 / 2020.

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5 Keys To Starting A New Venture In Your Local Town

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s world of social media and the Internet, people want to know who you are, what makes you outstanding in your field, and relate to your vision. Every ad, every review, or lack of one, tells a story about how much you care, and what customer experience one might expect. You are selling an experience.

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How Modern Companies Have Redefined Customer Support

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent of instant communication and social media, customer service starts at the first hint of interest by you, and never ends for repeat customers. One bad customer experience will kill not only one customer, but many future ones, who hear the message via social media and friends. The world has changed.

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5 Stages In Leading Paradigm Shift Levels Of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Due to qualms of customers and governments, he sold less than 30,000 of the devices over the next five years.

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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

Startup Professionals Musings

Then there is the need for more substantial business accounting, database, and social media monitoring. New manufacturers and new technology are hard to get right the first time, so you will have unusable inventory and emergency repairs. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 03/28/2019.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.