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5 Unfair Advantages To Help You Succeed In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise. If you need venture capital, maybe you need to spend more time in Silicon Valley or Boston.

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Growth Marketing: The Skills and Frameworks You Need

ConversionXL

Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. The post Growth Marketing: The Skills and Frameworks You Need appeared first on CXL. Many growth marketers will include “Awareness” in their model to tackle experimentation at the top of the funnel.

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

In an instant, remote work went from a small Silicon Valley trend to a ubiquitous element of daily life. I think big tech hubs like silicon valley will still be highly relevant for securing capital, and for bleeding-edge ideas. The “CAPE” framework consists of . Now, it’s the new normal.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

And because of this, the demand for Silicon Valley caliber talent is growing exponentially. But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. A shortage of engineers is the biggest challenge facing Silicon Valley startups today.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

A company pitches an idea to the Startup Lab and if the Lab deems the idea viable, then the idea is accepted and the framework for the project is created. A talented group of specialists including engineers, designers, financial analysts, and lawyers are assigned to develop various facets of the company’s framework. Who does it help?

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

Steve Blank

He’s spent the last four years in Silicon Valley out of uniform continuing that work. We’d add a new category, Horizon 0, which kills ideas that are not viable or feasible (something that Silicon Valley is tremendously efficient at doing). Solution 5 : The reality is that the DoD/IC is not Silicon Valley.

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Why Your Startup Hasn’t Gotten Funded

YoungUpstarts

It is the traditional way seed stage startups get funded in Silicon Valley and it remains difficult and out of reach for most entrepreneurs. Here in Silicon Valley the rule-makers define smart teams solely based on pedigree. The New Way , called Traction. TVR: The traditional way of raising seed funding.