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10 Ways Owners Often Jeopardize Their Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In the interests of helping you work smarter and last longer, I would like to offer my top ten list of key resource drains to avoid in early businesses and startups, based on my years of advising entrepreneurs and my own business experience: Expanding your product line too quickly for scaling. Excessive support and return activities.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if your business is purely local, growth must always be a priority, and you need to utilize all these digital channels available to you today, as well as traditional media channels and industry forums: Maintain an active current presence on the Internet. Entice advocates and influencers to help you.

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10 Tactics To Shorten Your Race To Cash-Flow Positive

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, it helps to pick a business model that minimizes these costs, such as e-commerce to minimize initial staff and facilities, or professional services, where you are the initial product. Especially today, when more companies are willing to work through outsourcing, freelancing, and contracting. Everyone wins with this approach.

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Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

Startup Professionals Musings

The good news is that a recent Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat. If you want to survive.

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10 Ways To Get Tagged As High-Potential In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

You can’t outsource that one. When the organization changes, be the first to help the new organization work, even when it costs extra hours and sweat. Initiate activities that improve your chances of being the chief’s backup. Very few people are willing and able to take on any challenge, and make it work.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Startup Productive, Not Just Busy

Startup Professionals Musings

Prioritize your tasks ahead of helping others with theirs. Most often, smart scheduling and delegation is more effective help than instantly dropping your own work.< Most often, smart scheduling and delegation is more effective help than instantly dropping your own work.<

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular.