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6 Startup Lessons Learned By Passionate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

In my own experience with technical startup founders, I still find it hard to name one who was also good, or even interested in financials or business operations. I recommend a personal SWOT analysis first – find your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

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6 Reasons Why More Is Not Better In Your Next Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, there are a host of reasons why a non-focused startup business is more likely to struggle for survival, lose market and investor attention, and miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on their scope: Time to market is tied to the size of your offering. No startup can implement a broad strategy quickly enough to stay ahead.

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6 Strategies For Startup Exit That Investors Accept

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The last thing a new entrepreneur wants to think about for a new startup is how it will end. Startups with no exit planned will minimize investor returns. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role. Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy.

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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

Work at home to fund your startup. This is the classic pyramid scheme where you get an email with a list of names, asked to send a few dollars to the person at the top of the list, add your own name, and forward the updated list to a number of other people, resulting in a huge return to you. Delete the message.

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6 Benefits of Outsourcing and Freelancing In Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

I just finished a new book for entrepreneurs, “ Secrets to a Successful Startup ,” by Trevor Blake, which makes the same points, based on his own real-life experience with three successful startups. Outsourcing can give your startup a more mature image. Startups all need that flexibility.

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10 Tips On Selling Yourself As Well As Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules.

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6 Startup Challenges That Can Be Mitigated With Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, there are a host of reasons why a non-focused startup business is more likely to struggle for survival, lose market and investor attention, and miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on their scope: Time to market is tied to the size of your offering. No startup can implement a broad strategy quickly enough to stay ahead.

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