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The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

Both Sides of the Table

I was at a dinner recently in Chicago and the table discussion was about building great companies outside of Silicon Valley. It’s not the great companies you build, it’s the silent killer of those that should have been build locally and weren’t. Klout was an LA company – sold for $200 million to Lithium.

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8 Strategies For Sustaining Momentum In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The company has since gone public, and is still a market leader. In most companies, maintaining momentum requires the right strategic partners and acquisitions, in lieu of short-term price adjustments and special sales. Utilize outside expertise and mentoring. Track competition to stay ahead of copycats.

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8 Reasons To Initiate A Startup While Career Probing

Startup Professionals Musings

First, pick a name for your company and do the paperwork on starting a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings. Now you have a reason for talking to people who may become lifelong friends.

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Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies. Improve the whole customer experience, as well as the product.

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8 Reasons To Initiate A Startup While Job Searching

Startup Professionals Musings

First, pick a name for your company and do the paperwork on starting a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings. Now you have a reason for talking to people who may become lifelong friends.

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8 Ways That Creating A New Business Helps Your Career

Startup Professionals Musings

First, pick a name for your company and do the paperwork on starting a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings. Now you have a reason for talking to people who may become lifelong friends.

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Be An Entrepreneur While Seeking That Ideal Job

Startup Professionals Musings

First, pick a name for your company and do the paperwork on starting a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings. Now you have a reason for talking to people who may become lifelong friends.