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6 Tactics To Propel Innovation Before The Next Crisis

Startup Professionals Musings

I remember the classic book, “ The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation ,” by Vijay Govindarajan, one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. Ensure your firm’s fitness to act on new opportunities, and develop an evolving sense of where the future lies.

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6 Tips To Avoid Being Blindsided By A New Competitor

Startup Professionals Musings

I remember the classic book, “ The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation ,” by Vijay Govindarajan, one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. Ensure your firm’s fitness to act on new opportunities, and develop an evolving sense of where the future lies.

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8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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5 Unfair Advantages To Help You Succeed In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I see a good discussion of the relevant strengths and issues in a new book, “ The Unfair Advantage ,” by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba. Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise.

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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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How To Scale Your Startup Far Beyond Organic Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell explain why in their classic book, “ Build, Borrow, or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma.” I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing.

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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. Pro tip: take on the mantle of book editor for a major tech publication, and the publishers will mail you books for free. And so we get book ordering problems and expensive lunches and weirdly angry LPs.