Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As a result, we shared in capturing a new high-end market, without major new marketing or development. Even the giant General Motors has alliances with smaller competitors, like Peugeot, to reach certain small car segments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

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. Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. The smart ones were already working on new features, and able to counter competition quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

They outline the following 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. Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Sponsor some friendly competitive events with prizes. Offer an alliance with competitors to expand the market. Apple expanded their business exponentially with app developers, and Amazon found new ways to make their suppliers look and act like they are part of the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. Very few businesses can grow organically fast enough to stay ahead of competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. An alliance with a distribution organization enhances the value to existing and new customers of both your solutions. Find ways to work with your competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

But in my experience as a startup advisor, too many entrepreneurs get stuck there, and always find excuses for not really exploring mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliance alternatives. For example, at any given moment in your business, you may be limited by development, marketing, or sales.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In 2014, Sodexo committed $1 Billion to creating a more inclusive global supply chain for its hospitality products, forming partnerships between its local operations and small to medium sized businesses run by women in the developing world. Commitment by: The National Service Alliance, Cisco, and Lumina Foundation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2013

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

An Alliance Of Two. As noted in Alliances , startups with compelling technologies can often form an alliance of partners around their unique solutions. An alliance of two parties will seldom be as impactful as one comprised of your industry’s leading competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2012

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of the management team, or a sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. A startup must form partnerships and alliances within its ecosystem. The right partnership strategy can make a company relevant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

People who failed to industrialize, however well intentioned one’s goals, were at a competitive disadvantage to those who had. As a nations we compete for trade and jobs and resources and we need to be sure that we remain competitive with the world. Industrialization. Mass transportation. Cost advantages. And they will eat our lunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

It was heavy on visual development capability but light on modeling and simulation, and we kept battling a competitor in the marketplace who had essentially the inverse strengths in a similar product. Buying the startups that get traction is cheaper and faster for them than trying to manage similar development efforts within a large company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As a result, we shared in capturing a new high-end market, without major new marketing or development. Even the giant General Motors has alliances with smaller competitors, like Peugeot, to reach certain small car segments.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2015

For those not familiar with the term, the cloud wars refers to the intense competition between public cloud providers as they seek to increase their share of the lucrative and growing cloud market. In fact, to describe the competition as intense is probably an understatement. Much has been made about the ongoing cloud wars.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. Often, the best deals are the ones in which an alliance is formed with another player, to the detriment of the other players.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maximize cash flow. Mix things up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

It was heavy on visual development capability but light on modeling and simulation, and we kept battling a competitor in the marketplace who had essentially the inverse strengths in a similar product. Buying the startups that get traction is cheaper and faster for them than trying to manage similar development efforts within a large company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

Through simple design, extensive sensing mechanism research, and behavioral science principles, Moving Analytics is carving out its own innovative niche in a heavily competitive space by providing a simple solution for highly sedentary people. We use behavioral science principles to help you develop good habits.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I also hope to lay out a way to develop a healthy degree of skepticism for the more outlandish arguments. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. It’s Hobbesian economics 101. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

A number of international versions were developed soon after its initial release, but America has consistently remained the bastion of Monopoly’s popularity. Often, the best deals are the ones in which you form an alliance with another player, to the detriment of all the other players on the board. Hands on Learning.

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