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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric.

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6 Building Blocks Make Amazon A Global Market Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new business dreams of growing from a startup to a global market leader in a few years, like Amazon.com, but that goal is elusive. For example, when delivery costs and delays were still a major online sales hurdle, Amazon Prime membership was invented to offer free next day shipping. The cost of being late is hard to recover.

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Why You Need Tools And Analytics For Employee Metrics

Startup Professionals Musings

Employees are still too often thought of as a commodity, to be acquired “just in time” for the lowest cost, and managed as a disposable asset. With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools.

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Solving Software Quality Challenges During The Global Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

In a recent Call for Code Global Challenge , IBM outlined the top three areas that are in urgent need of rapid solution development: – Crisis communication. Are you using the right tools and metrics to track performance, and do you implement the insights we get in a timely manner? – Remote education. Functional testing.

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Top 15 ESG Startups to Watch in 2024

The Startup Magazine

Since sustainability is synonymous with business resilience, climate change regulation compliance, and long-term financial success, it’s a mainstream consideration for industries globally. As a result, the EU calls for a global ban on certain plastic products to combat pollution. trillion problem, and also a cost on the environment.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you hadn’t noticed, the key elements of a competitive advantage for your business have changed as businesses move online, and your domain is instantly global. You need a platform that is comfortable with the global scope of today’s market, with it’s wide range of social and economic cultures, trends, and needs.

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8 Keys To Real Innovation Outside of Silicon Valley

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. With a singular focus on building unicorns, very rapid growth has been a key metric.