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Interview with Minnie Ingersoll, TenOneTen Ventures

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We write checks from $500K to a million dollars, and we like to fund engineers turned entrepreneurs. It's not necessarily to be the sales person, but to be able to sell me on the vision. I think the vision and the selling, for investors, for employees, and for customers, is really a core skill. I wanted to be part of that.

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10 Cash-Flow Surprises That Could Kill Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash. Fluctuating sales means more inventory is required to cover the ups and downs. Even good customers don’t always pay on time.

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Is Your Startup Growing Too Quickly For Cash Flow?

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash. Fluctuating sales means more inventory is required to cover the ups and downs. Even good customers don’t always pay on time.

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.

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Entrepreneurs Can Thrive on Services or Products

Startup Professionals Musings

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.

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Entrepreneurs can be Specialists or Generalists

Startup Professionals Musings

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone.