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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. It was Nazi Germany with the V1 and the V2 missiles, and the Messerschmitt 262, the first jet aircraft.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. Startups dream in years, plan in months, evaluate in weeks, and ship in days.

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Can Too Much Bootstrapping Be Bad For Business?

YoungUpstarts

But having said that, operating a bootstrapped business can be extremely difficult, at least in the initial stages. Building a sales funnel to reach out to this category of decision makers can be an extremely lengthy process. Building a sales funnel to reach out to this category of decision makers can be an extremely lengthy process.

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Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers

Both Sides of the Table

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. He was to head up UK operations. We hired people to run the UK and Germany. We had 6 developers, 1 head of product management, 1 QA in India and me. I did all of the sales myself. We raised just $500k.

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6 Key Factors to Consider When Starting a Wholesale Business

The Startup Magazine

With retail establishments in nations including the USA, India, Germany, and China being at all-time highs, the global wholesale market is projected to expand to a value of around $64 billion by 2025. . Setting incremental sales targets is an excellent place to start and enables sustainable growth. Photo by Remy Gieling on Unsplash.

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8 Online Businesses Disrupting Their Industry

YoungUpstarts

Although this might seem difficult, there are plenty of new businesses that have done just that and managed to carve out a place for themselves in what are often saturated markets. Operating solely through an app, the company claims to be ‘a reinvention of hotel booking for the mobile era’. Housesimple.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

million and we seemed likely to raise another $40 million within the first 18 months of operations. I frequently travelled to Frankfurt, Germany but found it much cheaper to stay 20 minutes south of the city in Neu Isenberg. Once a company has raised $2-3 million dollars I often advise them to get an office manager.

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