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7 Leadership Failures To Abolish In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Even one task done with mediocrity can be the kiss of death for any business, or any career. Leadership is all about finding positives, for business growth, for competitive advantage, and people development in your organization. Darryl Rosen, in the classic book “ Table for Three? Worry and fret about everything.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. What about your competition – how much do they charge? This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

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This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Note: This is part III of a four part series.

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7 Leadership Behaviors Startups Must Never Tolerate

Startup Professionals Musings

Even one task done with mediocrity can be the kiss of death for any business, or any career. Leadership is all about finding positives, for business growth, for competitive advantage, and people development in your organization. Darryl Rosen, in “ Table for Three? Worry and fret about everything.

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

Sustainable competitive advantage. The kiss of death is for investors to find unanticipated competition you neglected to mention. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor.

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7 Dumb Leadership Mistakes Smart Managers Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Even one task done with mediocrity can be the kiss of death for any business, or any career. Leadership is all about finding positives, for business growth, for competitive advantage, and people development in your organization. Darryl Rosen, in his new book “Table for Three?” Worry and fret about everything.

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Do you need a Powerpoint deck for a VC meeting?

Both Sides of the Table

Find any common ground between you and them as the basis for building rapport but be careful to not come across as a kiss ass. photo courtesy of Atlanta Braves. This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC.&#. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. It’s a fine line. It’s a fine line. Let them guide you.