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Post-Crisis Digital Trends That Will Reshape Your Business in 2020

Up and Running

Tech Trends For Businesses in 2020-2021. But here are a few others to be aware of going into the end of 2020. For entrepreneurs looking to start a business or for established businesses looking to pivot their business model , you can use AI to build as-a-service operations. Marketplaces Like Upwork.

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Why Successful Startups Often Have A Pair Of Founders

Startup Professionals Musings

Believe it or not, the business world changes even faster than technology, so you need to see changes coming in your industry, and even drive them. That means taking calculated risks with new business models, new customer segments, as well as new products and services. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/17/2020.

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

trillion, by 2020, equivalent to bringing a whole new market the size of Brazil online. How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? Modern business, shaped by technology, is increasingly diverging to two nodes – on the one hand to great size quickly (see Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, et al.)

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

If possible, quantify these in non-technical business terms, such as dollars saved or replacement costs over time. Provide specifics on the customer business model. Scale your funding requests to the value of your startup today, consisting of assets, contracts, and intellectual property you currently own.

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The SME Instrument: How Innovative Startups Can Receive EU Funding?

Transformify

To boost innovation and SME sector growth, the EU Commission has launched the SME Instrument of the Horizon 2020 program – the largest non-dilutive fund in the world. EUR 3 billion are available to fund a maximum of 7,500 startups by 2020! Does your idea and business model have the potential to scale internationally?

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The Future is Better than You Think

Growthink Blog

trillion, by 2020, equivalent to bringing a whole new market the size of Brazil online. How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? Modern business, shaped by technology, is increasingly diverging to two nodes – on the one hand to great size quickly (see Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, et al.)

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. 2020 Instructors : Jeff Epstein, Steve Weinstein, Mar Hershenson, George John, Tom Bedecarre.

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