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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

This does not bode well for our treaty allies, Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea. The Hedge Strategy – Create “the small, the agile, and the many”. One that is no longer tied to large 20th-century industrial systems, but to a 21st-century software-centric agile world. To do this we need a different world view.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In today’s ever-changing, highly competitive business climate, small startups and large companies alike are increasingly turning to outsourcing processes. Back in 2013, my own company was offshore outsourcing to four different countries: the Dominican Republic, Honduras, the Philippines, and India.

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Innovation: The Key To Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

It is a frame of mind and is not the sole prerogative of large multinationals or startups. Be agile and adapt to changing market needs – your customer’s needs are not static and they will continue to evolve. How to create an innovative culture? Innovation is a mindset and a different way of looking at things.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents.

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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Rob Walling generously allowed me to reprint this excerpt from his new book, "Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup" available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon and in PDF and ePub from StartupBook.net. Why Should My Startup Use a Virtual Assistant? Agile Development, meet Agile Business.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 12, 2012. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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