From Imagination to Reality
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Lessons on Innovation from Nintendo
What is Nintendo’s Moat? Nintendo’s Innovative Strategy Nintendo has existed for over 135 years. It started as a playing card manufacturer of Hanafuda, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi. [4] Today, in 2024, Nintendo’s market cap is 72 billion USD in the video game software and hardware console market. [5] One common highlight noted by many observers… Read more
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Title 21 CFR Part 11 Translated for Software Developers.
Title 21 CFR Part 11, issued by the FDA, mandates standards for electronic records and signatures in regulated industries. Key points for software developers include ensuring data integrity and security, validating system performance, maintaining detailed audit trails, and enforcing stringent user access controls. Compliance ensures electronic records are as reliable and legally binding as paper… Read more
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Rapid Prototype Workshop: Part 1. Flask App Backend
Rapid Prototype Development: From Idea to Deployment for AI & ML Welcome students or self-taught learns, thank you for coming to read this article. You are here because you have a lot of grit, awareness, cleverness, energy, & time to build something of value for others and yourself. However, as you know today, there are so… Read more
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Customers asking for refunds against terms? What to do?
A small business owner faces a refund request despite a no-refund policy. The customer cites illness and financial strain. Options include adhering to the policy while offering alternatives, granting a refund to preserve reputation, raising prices, or setting aside funds for refunds. Each choice carries its own implications for business sustainability. Read more
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How to start a business (for the U.S.)
Before you start a business, I hope you’ve completed some of the tasks listed below. If you’re going off on a tangent with “I’ve put all my money into this, I’m going for it, it’s my dream,” you could lose a ton of money. There needs to be some sort of evidence that this can… Read more
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My Framework for Product Development & Design
1st Step – Interview Your Target Customers Interview customers and don’t ask leading questions Takes notes on your interviews Identify a pattern between the notes and customers you spoke to. Compile notes in a report I call Customer Development Information. When you interview Don’t ask leading questions “Don’t you think Excel is terrible?” People often… Read more
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