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Things Every Tech Startup Needs to Know about Business Models

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By Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (Civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Abstract The Business Model is supplanting the Business Plan in many organizations. It not only describes the complete business ecosystem, it is a mechanism to discover profitable new relationships amongst stakeholder groups. The Business Model is more resilient than a plan and harder for competitors [...]

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Why Businesses (Really) Fail

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And Why Even Mighty IBM Can’t Forget the Basics Below are some data published by BusinessWeek on why businesses fail. I’ll bet you that the top five reasons (too much debt, inadequate leadership, poor planning, failure to change and inexperienced management) are in fact related to number six on their list: not enough revenue; i.e., [...]

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U of O Wes Nicol 2012 Business Plan Competition Winners

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Ottawa (March 6, 2012) – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Student entrepreneurs Alex Smith and Chris Spoke take first prize for their business plan for Liaise, a web and mobile platform that hosts interactive seminars and video chats, for a fee The Telfer School of Management and Exploriem.org are pleased to announce the winners of the University [...]

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