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7 New Venture Strategies Improve The Odds Of Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. And on and on.

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8 Expectations To Check Your Entrepreneur Motivation

Startup Professionals Musings

Until the recession a decade ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to the popular press. Cobb and M.

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5 Keys To An Effective Startup Communications Mindset

Startup Professionals Musings

He nets out five specific mindsets that I assure you will help any of you as a leader communicate more openly and more successfully: Be convinced you have a valuable contribution to make. One of the biggest problems I see in startups is everyone trying to do too many different things, straining resources and confusing customers.

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8 Keys That Separate Lifestyle From Growth Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Until the recession a few years ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to the popular press. Cobb and M.

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7 Startup Habits Investors Read as Staying Power

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m always looking for evidence of early startup characteristics that might be predictors of long-term success. Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn.

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8 New Ways To Focus On Customers For Trust And Profit

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I find that I often have to remind them that the world of customers has changed since they started their last business. Of course, part of the change is that Gen Z (born after 1996) now outnumbers the Millennials (born after 1981). Regularly ask your customers what they think and why.

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