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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

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My House Is Not For Sale. Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. As we were not engaged in selling our company, a “price” was nonexistent. What is that price?”. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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But that doesn’t mean that people are paying rational prices as investors based on intrinsic value. Rational people can disagree and some may argue that today’s prices are rational and under-pinned by economic drivers. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. That’s fine.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. On the other hand, exits at lower prices are easier with these providers of capital. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

socalTECH

It's along sales cycle, but the beauty is that when you're done, you've got client software which a consumer can use, specialized for their device, and able to do cools things, things that you couldn't do if you didn't work directly with the carrier. What's your opinion on how well that works, and how much competition are they?

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Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results

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Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. I recently wrote about the three rules of sales. Assume competition and assume within the buying organization you have enemies. Why Buy Me?

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