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We deal with the target of our work that is to provide a general overview of the Slovak scene relating to the Startups. Our aim is to analyze the area of innovative entrepreneurship and start-ups in individual sectors of the Slovak economy (mining industry, renewable energy sources, tourism, etc.). It is necessary to state the reasons that lead to the development of startups and to analyze their impact on the economy of the national economy in terms of creating new jobs. We have explored successful and less successful Slovak startups. We used Lean startup method on a specific project in the results and in the discussion. Through Lean Canvas business model we compiled their values into nine blocks. We focused on the verification of the areas in which they operate and the way of financing project. We also investigated at what stage they are currently situated, what are their fundamental objectives and what successes they have achieved. In the conclusion we evaluated the effectiveness of Slovak startups. We obtained the processed results on the basis of questionnaires that we had sent out to various Slovak startups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of our paper is to analyze and make proposals on the effective management of individual items that have a significant impact on profit or loss and the possibility of elimination of production risks. Attention is paid to the issue of management of production risks in the manufacturing plant in Slovakia. To obtain the necessary data, we draw information from internal materials. For management, it is important to know what risks it could negatively affect them. Identification, quantification of impacts and subsequent proposals to reduce the steps of analysis to help enterprises to improve their status and to the implementation of important decisions. This paper focuses on the identification of risks, assess their severity, and determine their impact and subsequent establishment of corrective action to ensure the prevention of the impacts. For the actual analysis, we used the FMEA method, scoring method, perform Pareto analysis, Ishikawa diagram was created. The paper presents the results of the risk analysis carried out the manufacturing plant and factors (variables) that these risks are affected the most. They were subsequently developed proposals to reduce selected risks that were assessed with the highest risk. We evaluated risk factors, the probability and their significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]