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When Security Can Become Your Business Differentiator, Everybody Wins

YoungUpstarts

Typically, the first few key hires in IT are ones that will help “keep the lights on,” deal with password lock-outs and provision and configure network services and company laptops. This might only cover the cost of system restoration – not the loss of intellectual property or the loss of customer records.

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10 Keys To Success Despite Accelerated Market Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Networking to build and maintain positive relationships with the right people outside your company is something you can’t forget in the rush to get your new business going. Most new businesses need three to five advisors or board members to regularly evaluate progress and resource needs, as well as your own leadership.

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8 Attributes Of Entrepreneurs Who Transform Society

Startup Professionals Musings

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. Failure is an option.

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8 Inspirational Insights For Those Chasing Your Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

Harris, in his classic book “ Transformative Entrepreneurs ,” provides examples of key elements of transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners from the losers. Make your business model your competitive differentiation, like Fred Smith with Federal Express, or Ingvar Kamprad with IKEA. Failure is an option.

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Leading Edge or Bleeding Edge: The Make or Break Difference

Up and Running

If you find yourself in the situation where the technology vital to creating differentiation becomes an illusion, there are better alternatives than attempting to “gut it out” with a direct attack on the target market. The plan hinged on developing an effective, low-cost replacement of the low-air-loss technology.

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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope.

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8 Personal Attributes Mitigate Startup Funding Risks

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to tell your personal story, and highlight previous work or experiences that show your integrity in the face of difficult challenges, and evidence that your team and constituents have trust in your leadership. Have the support of an expert team and advisors. Some people like to talk incessantly about their idea and possibilities.

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