Proof Point
Startups increasingly leverage third-party assets to improve productivity, lower costs, and focus on more critical tasks
Selected Third-Party Assets Available to Startups
Proof Point Findings
- Co-Working Spaces – Providing place to work through subscription services rather than long-term rental agreements
- Markerspaces – Accessing best-in-class tools, equipments and training useful for product development or prototyping
- Cloud Servers – Eliminating need to build high-cost, dedicated IT servers in favor of offsite infrastructure managed by cloud hosting providers
- Logistics – Outsourcing delivery of products to shipping companies rather than building own delivery system
- Freelancers – Enabling on-demand mobilization of experts in different fields as part of external team
- Ideation – Tapping community of customers to generate new product ideas and find solutions to existing problems
- Productivity apps – Empowering teams to work more effectively and efficiently through cloud-based platforms, such as collaboration tools, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, knowledge management systems (KMS), and office suites
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Business Model and Practices Business Model |
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Sector |
Cross-sector
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Source |
AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Date Last Updated |
April 24, 2017
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