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Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail

Both Sides of the Table

But if there is nothing wrong with you then please don’t let early rejections alter your course. Of course you need to have answers to all of the hard questions that you know you can anticipate about your business? Sure, you need to learn what the common theme of the no’s are and be willing to make adjustments to your pitch.

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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

From its start in 2015, the number of registered users has “suddenly” climbed from 45 million in 2017 to a reported 300 million by the end of 2020. And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience. Third: cost.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch LA

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City. In 2017, it was in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was always sort of shocking to people, even on a national level, when they would hear [that Rapid City was hosting ICPC 2017],” Jensen said. “And

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. If — and it’s a big if of course — they can do that on the cheap, then why should an LP care at all? When should you start a company?

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Romances Are Common At Work, But The Risks Are Great

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. Yet the 2017 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Can be a competitive advantage. Of course, all these things can happen in any workship.

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10 Entrepreneur Shortcuts To Be Avoided At All Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

In the heat of scaling the business, it’s tempting to skip the cost and time of finding qualified job candidates, and enlist those close at hand, without paying them a competitive wage for the hard work and commitment you need. Of course, you shouldn’t give away ownership, but squeezing yourself to failure, benefits no one.