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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

I often ask entrepreneurs to consider, “What’s your objective? I want to understand how many units the company is selling, whether this is increasing over time and how well they’re doing at retaining the customers that they do acquire. If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. You've got to know best practices in demand generation. What is CareerArc? That's been very effective.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire’s business model focuses on providing complete application solutions to businesses, while its open API enables applications to be customized in virtually any fashion.

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Small Ideas, Big Benefits

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Entrepreneurs create opportunities by creating ripples, and mini-ventures are great ripple creators. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. the smartass entrepreneur replied, “It’s called business. Customer Problem/ Pain Points. Customer Problems/ Pain Points.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Developments Blog.