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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

So if entrepreneurs want to pioneer new ideas with a lean model, my advice is to use low cost alternatives to build differentiality that can be protected from institutions with far more money than ethics, creativity, or innovation-- other than skirting the loopholes in our justice system regarding protection of IP, and honing predatory tactics.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

crowdSPRING Blog

For instance, Amazon has switched its strategy from their efforts of the last decade to avoid state sales taxes on purchases, to one of building regional, urban warehouses and distribution centers with the goal of getting consumers their stuff within hours of an order being placed.