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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War. Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base.

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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

The Hedge Strategy – Create “the small, the agile, and the many”. In a world where the large and the complex are either too expensive to generate en masse or potentially too vulnerable to put at risk, “the small, the agile, and the many” has the potential to define the future of Navy formations.

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10 Keys To Raising Your New Venture Funding Potential

Startup Professionals Musings

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Strategic proficiency.

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Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model

Steve Blank

It can be more complex if you find the your target customer or users need to change or the feature set is wrong or you need to “repackage” a monolithic product into a family of products or you chose the wrong sales channel or your customer acquisition programs were ineffective.

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10 Goodwill Elements To Raise Your Business Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” Strategic proficiency.

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5 Types Of Business Strategies To Consider Before Opening Up Shop

YoungUpstarts

Best of all, Scrum helps teams remain agile by encouraging flexibility in your workflow. Consider Acquisition as a Means of Growth. Another strategy that a smaller business can use during boom periods of business is acquisition. Use Product differentiation If You’re Small.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

They want to snowball their customer acquisition, attracting thousands of new people to the brand, and reach diverse new audiences in new locations. Growth is all about customer acquisition – the process of attracting new people to the brand. . Adaptability/Agility . Every startup entrepreneur wants to see their company grow.

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