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Your MVP doesn’t need to be perfect; it needs to be stage appropriate

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Startups are essentially machines that build MVPs (minimum viable products) that help answer questions and gradually de-risk the value proposition of the company. The key is that every MVP a company builds needs to be laser focused on answering a very particular question.

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Gartner: 13 AI insights for enterprise IT

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Here are 13 of the most interesting ideas: “Current spending on generative AI (GenAI) has been predominantly from technology companies building the supply-side infrastructure for GenAI,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. CIOs will begin to spend on GenAI, beyond proof-of-concept work, starting in 2025.

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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

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The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. However, building high-performing products and solutions that work for the majority isn’t enough anymore. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps. Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale.

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Get Better User Insights With Wasteless Validation

Speaker: Tim Herbig, Product Management Coach and Consultant

Product teams tend to get ahead of themselves by rushing from idea straight to building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Additionally, many companies lack the tools and processes to validate their ideas without adding them to their Sprint Backlog.

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Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

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This enables retailers to bring their inventory relationships online, expand their product selection and get more favorable credit terms. Users register with the company by providing some details, and a few more financial ones if they want to apply for credit. The seed funding is the first institutional round the company has taken.

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

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But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. You need a minimum viable company, not a minimum viable product. trillion by 2024.