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Up and Running
JUNE 28, 2016
Before anything else, realize that yes, you do have competition. No matter how new your business, you do have competition. Once in an extremely rare while, a new technology will appear, for a short time, as if it has no competition. What if I don’t think my business has any competition?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. In that spirit, I offer my perspective on ten common startup failure sources that rarely get admitted by entrepreneurs: Choose to skip the written business plan. A business plan is for you first, not investors.
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 5, 2023
We just wrapped up the second year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class – now part of our Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. The return of strategic competition between great powers became a centerpiece of the 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Defense Strategy.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. Description of the business entity you plan to form.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 17, 2020
I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. In that spirit, I offer my perspective on ten common startup failure sources that rarely get admitted by entrepreneurs: Choose to skip the written business plan. A business plan is for you first, not investors.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 26, 2023
Creating standard operating procedures (SOP) documents is essential for organizing your entire business operations. Once you have finished writing your SOP, you should communicate it to all relevant personnel. An SOP document helps standardize procedures, encourages teamwork , and facilitates legal compliance.
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