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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. Frugal Is As Frugal Does. "Instead Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. " [Tweet this quote].

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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay. Here are the key principles I recommend as an advisor to many entrepreneurs: Start your business in your own home. Marty Zwilling

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8 Ways To Get Your Business Going Without Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay. Here are the key principles I recommend as an advisor to many entrepreneurs: Start your business in your own home. Marty Zwilling.

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Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs - Sweet Sixteen Kisses of Death

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Just as Batman repeatedly avoids Poison Ivy’s kiss of death, so too must entrepreneurs avoid the Kiss of Death provisions which BDCs attempt to include in their agreements. Note: This is part I of a three part series. Access part II HERE and part III HERE when they are posted. Both are seductive and alluring and both are potentially fatal.

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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

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One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have “asymmetric information.” As an entrepreneur it can feel as intimidating as going to buy a car where the dealer knows the price of every make & model of a car and you’re guessing at how much to pay.

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Bank Robber Or ATM Operator – Which Are You?

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Entrepreneurs are law-abiding Bank Robbers. As described in Ignore Entrepreneur’s Resumes , Bank Robbers often have unimpressive, disjointed careers. As described in Ignore Entrepreneur’s Resumes , Bank Robbers often have unimpressive, disjointed careers. Note: This is Part IV in the Startup Team Building series.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes.

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