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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million

TechCrunch LA

Former President of BMW manufacturing, Clemens Schmitz-Justen also joined the company as its head of manufacturing — overseeing the contract manufacturing strategy, which will see the company outsource production of vehicles in the U.S. Porsche launches on-demand subscription for its sports cars and SUVs.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Recognize Their Limitations

Startup Professionals Musings

After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your direct reports probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. Startup businesses are very demanding. The recent economic disaster demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level.

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Hiring MBA’s by the Hour | Inventing Work 2.0 with Skillbridge

Tech Zulu Event

What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? We discuss everything from outsourcing, MBA’s, and business, to the lessons learned in building their marketplace for connecting business professionals with the companies who need them. Introducing SkillBridge.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Companies like Cornea , Emergency Reporting , Zonehaven are trying to solve different facets of the fire problem; while flood prediction and weather monitoring startups are floating up their services too. As with most of Biden’s big infrastructure initiatives, there are startups tackling these issues.

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Knowing Yourself is Power in Business

Startup Professionals Musings

After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your direct reports probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. Startup businesses are very demanding. The recent economic crisis demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

Services for services sake - The type of business that is generally shunned in Silicon Valley is the “pure services&# business like consulting, system integration, value-added resellers (VARs), customer support businesses, outsourcing companies, etc. I’m not saying the scaling a services business is easy – it’s not.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: So, you need to develop a product?

Frank Addante

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? By Frank Addante Development resources are in high demand. Outsourcing 1. Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano. ► March (1) Office 2.0: A BIG THANK YOU.