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6 Approaches To Problem-Solving From Today’s Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. Clever leaders now cast their nets more broadly, reaching out to the crowd on the internet, as well as industry organizations, governments, and even competitors.

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Carrier Network Infrastructure: How to Find Local Vendors to Expand Your Capacity

Southern California Edison Blog

Customers are demanding denser coverage and higher speeds in expanding areas. To expand coverage in high-demand areas, such as densely populated areas like Southern California, finding a local carrier network infrastructure provider is often the best option. Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

The article also refers to government data showing that those 55 to 64 and older represent one of the fastest growing groups of self-employed workers. They have the maturity and sophistication to deal with your demanding executives and partners. News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6% Angel Investor.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. One big challenge is how to grow the company.

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Startup Pricing: Are You Selling A Giffen Product?

InfoChachkie

Despite a tremendous price increase, overall demand jumped substantially while churn dropped dramatically. Whenever we encountered a prospect who attempted to nickel-and-dime us with an unreasonable request, we referred to them as “wanting a rib.”. Anecdotally, it seems that SaaS products often behave as Giffen goods.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. You can also greatly reduce the risk of employee lawsuits with a few simple preventative steps: Employ consistent and disciplined hiring procedures, including background checks, backdoor references (i.e.,

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. So Where Do I Personally Net Out? What I can tell you from my vantage point? And no prizes for guessing who would benefit if this order was disrupted.

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