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Pandemic Technology Transformations for Start-up Businesses

The Startup Magazine

One immediate effect in the business world is the increasing demand for new technology to help SMEs and start-ups to survive, cope, and develop in this new world as they begin converting their business models to operate online. The lack of customer interaction has affected how businesses operate. The Move to E-Commerce.

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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

ReadWriteStart

On the topic of ecommerce, one wonders to what extent this business model is applicable, and where is it likely to end? It’s the extent of this phenomenon that has resulted in soaring businesses across the world. This new shift impacted as much as a 4% improvement in total sales of brands that had made the shift.

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) Especially because I could have used this time on marketing, sales and customer development, and actually helped our business move forward. They told me it was impossible to pick up coding. Any investor who knew anything about books, didn’t invest.

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Leadership and CEO Succession

Reid Hoffman

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. These innovations are impactful, but there are also ample opportunities to innovate purely on the business model. I helped establish the business model.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. Dell’s product offering advantage, building to custom order, simultaneously created a business model advantage.

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10 CEOs Who Made Huge Mistakes

Up and Running

Unfortunately, a series of bad judgments followed, including firing the company’s long-time ad agency, laying off 10% of its corporate staff and thousands of middle managers, and ridding the stores of sales and discounts. One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The magazine’s “Central Banker Report Card,” which has been published annually since 1994, grades Central Bank governors of 30 key countries, and the ECB, according to an “A” to “F” scale for their performance and success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management.