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The Economics of Automation & You

Start Up Blog

We also saw it when production line labour was replaced with robotics. Company must then decide where to distribute cost savings – options include; Increase profit margins. Company must then decide where to distribute cost savings – options include; Increase profit margins. Reduce prices and sell more.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Create a specific product that satisfies the needs of your target market. Start on your good idea.

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4 Reasons For Creating Your Brand Online On Your Own Land

Brandanew

While the brand/ products had found organic mentions all over the Internet and who’s who media of their particular industry, the brand itself had little presence on social media or Google. I bought MichaelHyatt.com in 1998. Marketing leader Michael Hyatt posted a very critical post last year- here. The Platform Effect.

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Great product and good momentum are keys to unlocking investment

The Equity Kicker

Andrew Chen responded to that with a thoughtful post about how the ‘funding goalposts continue to move’ Here’s the money quote: It’s been widely noted that investing milestones have evolved quickly over time: In 1998, you’d raise $5M Series A with an idea and not much else. You didn’t need to build a datacenter either.

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Software startups: Beware ‘magic’ bullets

The Equity Kicker

The term ‘pre-chasm’ is a nod to Geoffrey Moore’s 1998 classic Crossing the Chasm and refers to companies that may have sold to early adopters, but haven’t yet found a way to sell to the mainstream. Getting sales going in those early years is terrifically challenging and requires great product and great sales.

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How Diversity Can Increase Innovation And Growth In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

I came to the United States in 1998 as a Turkish immigrant with my husband Serhat Pala. And, we have become a leader in personal and professional health testing through innovative medical diagnostic products. Perhaps some of my focus on diversity comes from my own background.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. Startups could now get a first version of a product out to customers in weeks/months rather than months/years.

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