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Real Startups Never, Ever Discount Their Prices

InfoChachkie

Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. Vendors often respond by discounting their prices at the 11th hour, in the hopes a lower price will spur a purchase. However, if you never offer price discounts to anyone, you can resist all such requests by deferring to your company “policy.”

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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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6 Keys To Sizing Your Market For A New Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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7 Strategies For Brand Leadership Through Influencers

Startup Professionals Musings

I still see too many aspiring business leaders highlighting their technology, product features, and price, more than customer value and usability. People want to connect with and learn from people like them – not from edicts, anonymous brand marketing material, and white papers that allow no interaction.

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

Xconomy

The industry can only go so far with growth through hyper-inflated pricing and mega-M&As. At some point pharma has to figure out how to make more drugs more efficiently, or face major dislocations like business-destroying price controls. The increasing need for new drugs is intense.

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6 Market Research Sources That Fit A Limited Budget

Startup Professionals Musings

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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10 Modern Ways To Kickstart Your Business Website

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, there is a plethora of “experts” emerging out there, who are anxious to lead you down that path, for a large price. You don’t need a real book as a base for electronic books, as people now prefer something akin to a “white paper” on steroids. But most entrepreneurs don’t know where to start.

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