Fri.Nov 13, 2020

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was The Space Force and Modern War.

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6 Hidden Costs Entrepreneurs Need to Worry About

The Startup Magazine

Most business owners are familiar with the challenges of limited capital. There are hidden startup costs can quickly surpass available funding, highlighting the importance of careful startup budgeting. You’re probably aware of standard expenses such as staffing, marketing, property and initial inventory. In addition to these common outlays, there are several hidden startup costs that entrepreneurs tend to overlook or never know existed.

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6 Steps For Advancing New Venture Ideas Into Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Many aspiring entrepreneurs I mentor can talk at length about their innovative ideas and passions, and ask lots of good questions, but never make much progress in building a real business. In my experience, building a business is much more about getting things done than having great ideas. The challenge is to move from ideas to specific goals, to delivered solutions.

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Equipment Financing vs Equipment Leasing: What is the Difference?

The Startup Magazine

Business owners have to worry about a significant number of things: staying competitive, running operations efficiently, and, most importantly, keeping the business afloat. All these business objectives require the equipment necessary for you to complete your daily tasks. Equipment financing is a challenging decision. Injection moulding machine for plastic parts production.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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New Normal: A conversation with Emily McEvilly of Workday

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

by Lesley Pyle, MSc., founder of HireMyMom.com . Independent contractors can change the way your business operates. The right contractor can help you take your business to a new level by letting you ta[ a pro who otherwise might not fit into your budget. It’s also a desirable situation for many workers, including parents with childcare needs, recent retirees looking for more freedom while staying engaged, and those looking to build additional skills or pursue passions that aren’t p

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The Art of Building Leadership Teams—PE and VC Talent Partners Weigh In

YFS Magazine

From an investor’s perspective, effective leadership teams add as much as 25-30% of a company’s market valuation.

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Address Advisors, an Indian firm writing new standards for real estate brokerage solutions

Our Own Start-up

Address Advisors is a transaction-oriented, real estate firm engaged in providing advisory and consulting services to clients as investors, developers, MNC’s, individuals etc.

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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Technologies They Most Look Forward To

Hearpreneur

It’s amazing how new technology keeps coming up. As a business owner, you have to keep up with these technological improvements and perhaps adopt some to improve on efficiency. They help improve productivity of your team and automating processes in your business. It also saves you valuable time and helps keep track of activities happening around you.

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The 101 of How Advertisements are made

What is ESG Investing? The tricycle of businesses

With this piece, we take a look at how advertisements are made. We’re often amazed to see fancy advertisements running.

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How To Start Selling Your Products Online

Women Entrepreneurs Can

There are countless hobbies and crafting experiences that people enjoy. Many people are not aware that there is a market for high-quality homemade crafts online. People love homemade items and pride themselves on supporting small businesses. If you have a talent and create homemade décor, clothing, or other items, you could make money selling them. Uncover the secrets of how to start selling your products online so you can create a money-making business out of what used to be a hobby.

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What Is Digital Customer Experience and 5 Steps to Improve It

Up and Running

A recent study called the 2020 Digital Marketing Trends Report surveyed organizations on what the single most gainful venture for them was in the current year, and once again, the same answer came out on top — customer experience. A properly-defined and well-executed customer experience strategy helps you improve customer satisfaction, enhance the customer lifetime value, and boost your bottom line.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

Earlier this week, Ron Klain was named President-Elect Biden's chief of staff. The two have worked together for the last 30 years, and Ron also served as Biden's chief of staff during the Obama administration. He was the White House Ebola Response Coordinator in 2014 and 2015, when the Obama administration set up a pandemic prevention office and created a playbook for managing future outbreaks.