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Blockchain Startup 101: A blue print for launching a successful blockchain-based startup

Tom Spencer

The upright scooter was supposed to revolutionize transportation but all it did was make riders looks silly and self-satisfied. Before scaling, you should make sure that all of your intellectual property is protected. They created a product or service which solved a problem that no body cared enough about. Image: Pixabay.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. There are 2 Senior Vice Presidents as well – one heads up Strategic Development and the other serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Intellectual Property.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The most recent development was opening an office in Toronto to effectively and quickly service The Brattle Group’s cold but lovely Canadian clients. Intellectual property. The Brattle Group focuses on electric power, financial institutions, natural gas, petroleum, telecommunications and media, and transportation.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business

It was Lyft that first invited drivers to provide transportation through their personal vehicles. In normalizing violations, therefore, Uber has shifted the entire urban transport business and set an example for other sectors. Indeed, Uber initially provided service only through licensed black cars properly permitted for that purpose.

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Investors Today Prefer Companies with Fewer Physical Assets

Harvard Business

In the lower left are builders, which include industries such as utilities, energy, transportation, and retail. Tesla is one such contender, although it seems likely that the value of its new ideas and intellectual property will need to offset its massive investments in physical assets ($5 billion in battery technologies alone).

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews – Moving Up in a Down Economy

Management Consulted

NERA has developed quite a reputation, but has managed to keep itself small, clearly focused and prestigious in the process. Industry Related Practices: Energy, Environmental Economics, Health Care and Life Sciences, Insurance, Postal Services, Communications Networks and Media, Transport, Water. .