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Skate Where the Puck is Going

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. And of course – badges.

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10 Marketing Strategies To Drive Exponential Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

A mindset of killing your competitors is not always the key to expediting your own growth and success. New products being used in unusual ways attract attention, buzz, and followers. Initiate a visible campaign against a common competitor. Produce memorable product demonstrations or videos.

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8 Key Disciplines Are Essential To Scale Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Tight margins may get you in business, but no margin will kill you.

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The Blondin Test Will Ensure Your Stakeholders Truly Believe In Your Startup

InfoChachkie

Talk about a buzz kill. Again the crowd hysterically shouted back, “We believe, we believe, we believe!" " Blondin smiled broadly and shouted back to the cheering throng, “It is great that you believe in me. Now who wants to get on my back?" " Silence…. They clearly did not really believe.

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8 Reality Checks That Every Startup Founder Dreads

Startup Professionals Musings

Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight. People on the team haven’t worked together before, and they don’t fully trust any ideas except their own. You scaled up your infrastructure, to make sure early sales didn’t swamp you.

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8 Clues that Your Business Honeymoon May be Over

Startup Professionals Musings

Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight. People on the team haven’t worked together before, and they don’t fully trust any ideas except their own. You scaled up your infrastructure, to make sure early sales didn’t swamp you.

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Eight Key Problems Every Startup Should Anticipate

Startup Professionals Musings

Your marketplace buzz is non-existent, skeptical, or even negative. Cashflow is killing you, with no new money in sight. People on the team haven’t worked together before, and they don’t fully trust any ideas except their own. You scaled up your infrastructure, to make sure early sales didn’t swamp you.

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