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Six Big Problems You’ll Solve When You Apply Design Thinking To Your Learning And Development 

YoungUpstarts

Learning was once considered a cost of doing business. When you’re seen as a cost, you’re seen as part of the problem, not part of the solution. When you can’t prove your value, you’re perceived as a cost. What happens to costs during times of economic anxiety? They get slashed, of course.

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In Santa Fe We Wish We Had The Boulder Problems!

Feld Thoughts

I love Santa Fe and I love New Mexico. I have chosen Colorado as the place where I want to focus the next chapter of my startup life because of its similarities to New Mexico but with the benefit of a rich and diverse tech economy. I asked if he’d write a longer post from his perspective and he took me up on it.

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other. three entrepreneurs who are part of this vanguard of Latam founders.

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Principles For Low-Budget Marketing Strategies Every Startup Should Know

YoungUpstarts

The Chrysler’s ATL (Above the Line), “Eminem commercial” — that cost around 12 million $— is a perfect example of a well-focused, mass marketing campaign. The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Cost: $15 Members; $40 Non-members & Guests; please register by 3:00pm on May 24th.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Repaid 12-36 months with ability to prepay at reduced cost. Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. Capital need of up to $1.5M over next 12 months. Facility sizes of 2-5x MRR .

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Globalisation vs Nationalism – COVID-19 series

Start Up Blog

However, we can expect to see government interventions to secure supply chains and manufacturing returning to high-cost labour markets, facilitated by automation and increasingly protectionist policies. In recent decades, relative advantage has been usurped by a singular relative advantage – cost of production.