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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

The conversations are interesting and varied because they’re about new, exciting, different things. How do you make your money? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? What are the rules for subscriptions? Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? Wireframes?

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10 Classic Rules For Venture Success That Still Apply

Startup Professionals Musings

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. This objective needs to go beyond making a parent or spouse happy, getting rich quick, or advancing a technology.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Money-making is different in the digital age.

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8 Tactics To Make Service Your Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen. Make sure you know and communicate well exactly what you mean by high-quality service. Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. Train and coach continuously.

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10 Timeless First Principles Of A Prosperous Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In this world of constant change, new technologies, and a thousand cultures, it’s evident and somehow comforting to me that the basic rules for business prosperity really haven’t changed in the last hundred years. This objective needs to go beyond making a parent or spouse happy, getting rich quick, or advancing a technology.

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary. Use crowd funding to build reserves.

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Effects of the Post Brexit UK Immigration Rules on its Economy

The Startup Magazine

The effects of the new post Brexit immigration law on the UK economy have yet to be fully felt. This has led to an influx of people seeking immigration advice from immigration solicitors as there are now stricter rules in place since January 2021. An exception to this rule is for Irish citizens. million applications.

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