A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
- 3PLs–Investing in the Next Generation of Outsourced Supply Chain Solutions
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"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"Image via Wikipedia ——Henry Ford A few weeks ago, I Blogged about companies having to re-tune marketing for the our "new" (and recessionary) economy. Entrepreneurs also increasingly are asking me how best to understand whether the market wants their products, before they spend a lot…
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Image via Wikipedia CIO Magazine had an excellent article in December 2008 titled "Go Home" by Meridith Levinson.The article describes how Chorus, a successful software company focusing on health care providers, has no headquarters or leased office space. The driver for dumping their office space was that maintaining office space is expensive and that telecommuting can save money…
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Image via Wikipedia A common problem among young start ups is "keeping the sheep in the corral". No, not the sheep on the right, but all the key players one needs to create a successful company–potential investors, board members, advisers, employees, among others. This can be a real problem for founders, one that keeps them up and…
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Image via Wikipedia So you are a struggling entrepreneur, with a great product, but cannot afford a PR firm to help you search out opportunities to get your ideas in front of target audiences. In the past, it would be up to you to get in touch with industry and trade publications, seeking to speak…
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Image via Wikipedia Start ups today do not need to (nor can afford to) make huge investments in marketing, sales, education, training and support infrastructure. Web-based capabilities around conferencing, meetings, webinars have allowed small companies to compete without having teams of professionals jump on air planes to visit potential/actual customer offices. Besides, in the current downturn, who can…
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Image via Wikipedia Money is tight and many entrepreneurial start ups are looking for any ways to save money. This will be the subject of a future post. But today, we shall try and keep you out of jail. Here are a few ways NOT to save money in a bad economic environment, as they…
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Image by static416via Flickr Entrepreneurs anguish over naming their company. Rightly so. A good, basic name that describes the product can be a real help in attracting customers. My daughter-in-law, for example, named her reusable drink sticker company clinQs, as in clinking glasses together. The name is easy to remember, relates to the product and the…
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You may have heard about Freecycle, but how about a group dedicated to business oriented freebies, instead of used cribs and playpens? Meet Kashless, a very interesting green recycling/logistics start up: Kashless Is Hiring, Expanding, and Pioneering “Recommerce,” Says Founder Martin Tobias Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:26 PM PST startups, Software, cleantech Gregory T. Huang…
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Image via Wikipedia Mr. Market sure has done a job on most of our portfolio company valuations in recent months, not to mention individual portfolios. I began thinking that perhaps his wife, Mrs. Market, might take a kinder, more gentler approach to managing global finances. I did find a photo of her, dressed in her early 1900's…
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Image by rosemaniosvia Flickr "Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone." — The Dhammapada The Buddha had it right. Your journey as an entrepreneur (and through life) should always be with your equals or better. I often see young entrepreneurs who are overly eager to get going on their idea…
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