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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed. Seriously, this happens.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Boasting resources for life sciences, bio-tech, medical devices, photonics, clean energy, and engineering, BU can help to incubate businesses in just about any physical technology. Only 15 technology startups are accepted at a time, but what the program lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Harvard Innovation Lab.

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7 New Venture Scenarios That Rarely Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Tesla, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

All while figuring out how to use any of the new features, menus or rearranged user interface that might have been updated overnight. In the beginning of any technology revolution the technology gets ahead of the institutions designed to measure and regulate safety and standards. Aircraft Cockpits.