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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Small companies operate this way by necessity, and it works! If we under-estimate, our support folks get overwhelmed with too much work, their quality of life suffers, and service to each customer suffers; if we over-estimate, we have too many people which is a cost penalty. It’s a big reason why they move quickly.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. MyUSA Simplifying the process of finding and accessing information and government services that are right for you. Take a look and judge for yourself.

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Why Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is A Thing Of The Past And What You Should Do About It

YoungUpstarts

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. Basically, employees purchase their own individual policies on the open market (a purchase frequently offset by government subsidies), and employers reimburse them. For many, it’s been a struggle.

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

This is where someone else has done all the hardwork for you in establishing the below criteria from getting software providers, licenses, payment methods etc A white label provides all the stuff you need and will cost between £20k-£100k including the white label’s fee. The second step involves obtaining a license to operate.

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. Always adapt to what’s most important and sensible for you (and remember that nothing is free, every measurement decision you make has a cost!). Make tough choices.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

"I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. His first instinct was that "somebody" should rethink how a doctor operates, how they communicate with the patient, and basically how the whole concept of care delivery works.