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6 Work Activities Are Required For Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Idea people often don’t get funded as entrepreneurs, because a new business is all about results, not just ideas. I find many technologists fit well into this category, but most of them are frustrated by required interfacing to real customers, managing business finances, and marketing.

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6 Entrepreneur Recovery Steps When Profits Plateau

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Marty Zwilling.

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Business Lessons Often Ignored In The Heat Of Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs are convinced that their idea and passion are so great that failure is not a possibility. They relate quickly to one of the big successes out there today, including Facebook, Airbnb, or Snap, and can give you a dozen reasons that they are in the same category.

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How To Become a VC

InfoChachkie

One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. Many of the Partners at such firms are passively managing their existing portfolios and are not making investments in new portfolio companies.

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What To Do When Your Startup Profits Hit the Wall

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve.

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6 Tips for Services Startups When Profits Plateau

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her new book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve.

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How ConsumerTrack Has Created A Growing, Profitable--and Mostly Unknown Business

socalTECH

That really allows us to control that whole flow and consumer path. We are constantly learning, doing research, and networking with other entrepreneurs, and people in our business who are the best at what they do. How have you managed to build the company to the size you have without outside funding?

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