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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

To have a breakthrough idea is not enough to launch a startup. Together with IT businessman and investor Rustam Gilfanov, we try to figure out what one needs to take into account when designing a business plan for a startup. “There is a difference between a business and a startup. ” — Mr. Gilfanov explains.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging. Look for new ways to drive growth for your startup.

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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

Hiring an expert from, say, Ukraine or another offshore development center may significantly lower the cost of paying programmers’ salaries, as well as totally eliminate the expense of equipment purchases and utility costs, whether the customer is based in the US, EU, UK, or Australia. Lower cost of development.

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Success Stories of Previous Winners at the Vernadsky Challenge

The Startup Magazine

Ukraine is a country rich in talents in the technology industry. The number of startups that has sprung in the country in the last decade is beyond expectations. Most of the startups in the tech industry, however, are centered around software. Ukraine has never had a lot of investment possibilities for hardware startups.

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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

Throughout the class teams had the flexibility to select the tools they felt appropriate to rapidly gain an holistic understanding and yet to develop a minimum viable product to address and experiment with each of the wicked problems. The team working on Ukraine did not fly there for obvious reasons. Characteristics of each.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. Original Problem Statement: Supply and production of lithium-ion batteries is centered in China. But I’ve yet to bet wrong in pushing students past what they think is reasonable. Team 9: Lithium-Ion Batteries.