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How Today’s Startups Can Adapt to a Globally Distributed Model

ReadWriteStart

Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. What’s more, outsourcing projects and ongoing operations to offshore teams on a contract basis is a more flexible model that’s easy to scale.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. For consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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