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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

This integral element of most businesses is woven through every aspect of operations. On an elementary level, this translates into efficient manufacturing at a lower cost. Learn how these disjointed sources of materials affect your supply chain costs and cause potential delays. Don’t Forget the Hidden and Indirect Costs.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. With this approach to establishing and tracking milestones, ReadyTalk launched its beta of UbiMeet.com in March 2015.

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Understanding Virtual Data Rooms And Their Significance Today

YoungUpstarts

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. Some of these benefits include the following: Reduced cost of operations. This includes the cost incurred in purchasing papers, travelling and hiring related human resources. VDRs protect stored data.

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How Covid-19 Has Impacted VC Portfolios

View from Seed

For example, a 2015 vintage fund is adding new portfolio companies in 2015, 2016, and perhaps 2017. Companies that are largely in R&D phase can operate business as usual, assuming there is capital to fund the company for 18-24 more months. Unevenly distributed, but broadly optimistic. But that remains to be seen.

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8 Keys To Providing Consulting Services To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Specialists today can justify their cost based on more direct return on investment calculations at all operational levels. If the startup team is distributed around the world, your challenge is to meet their process requirements, rather than expect them to meet yours. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client.

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6 Reasons Startups Should Skip the Big-Bang Launch

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups which insist on operating in stealth mode in fear of competitor response miss the more important customer response. Partners and distribution channels will take you seriously. In many business arenas, brand-name partners and distribution are a prerequisite to scaling the business. Proceed with caution.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. If a company wanted to distribute software on a mobile device it need to sell via a “portal” (US term) or a “deck” (UK term) of a mobile carrier. The Mother of All Exclusivity Agreements – the iPhone Wouldn’t Exist .

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