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[Review] Loveworks

YoungUpstarts

Other examples cover the gamut of industries – there’s Cheerios and Pampers (FCMG), Reebok and Nike (sports apparel), Lenovo (technology), Ritz Carlton (hospitality), and Lexus (automotive), so no one’s really left out.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. To dig deeper, let’s first review the influence of technology on the core components. However each component will change dramatically.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over. 2007 was the watershed year.

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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Here Abraham tells us more about lessons learned from his own entrepreneurship journey and success story: TSM: To get us started, describe what Gin Consulting Group does in 10 words or less: Abraham: We offer scalable performance, culture, and leadership development via hi-tech SAAS platform and high-touch coaching.

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[Review] An Innocent Story

YoungUpstarts

.” Known for their “100% pure fruit” smoothies, juices and more recently vegetable pots, Innocent grew rapidly from a humble annual turnover of £ 400,000 in 1999 to become Europe’s leading natural smoothie company in 2010 with annual sales of £ 130 million. ” Source of image.