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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. What about offshoring?

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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Large Corporations Fail To Innovate Like Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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