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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

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10 Keys To Real Innovation In Your Next New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Net result and reward. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

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10 Steps To A New Venture That Can Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Net result and reward. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

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How And Where To Connect To The Entrepreneur Universe

Startup Professionals Musings

All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor). It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

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Change Your Management Style To Meet Today’s Culture

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it may seem quicker and more effective to hand your service desk employees the store policy manual, and tell them to follow the rules, rather than spend time coaching them on how to really listen to customer feedback, and use their strengths to build customer loyalty. Your people will expect more coaches than bosses.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

I was happy to see quantified evidence of this in a new book, “ Winning on Purpose ,” by Fred Reichhheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, in concert with Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns. The cost has been far more than offset by both customer loyalty and advocacy, as well as team spirit.

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