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7 Personal Decisions That Delineate Your Best Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, in my role as mentor to young entrepreneurs, I always recommend that you first take a hard look at your own values and priorities, before jumping into any new startup, as the founder, or even as a side hustle. Timing is critical for every startup. Of course, if you wait for the perfect time, you may never start.

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8 Creative Pricing Strategies Most Startups Overlook

Startup Professionals Musings

Elon Musk and Tesla are prime examples of this approach, when the market for all-electric vehicles was new. Digital products also allow users to be advocates for you and help each other, thus reducing your support and marketing costs. Often online consumers will provide information such as birth dates, education levels and occupations.

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7 Steps To Greater Satisfaction As A New Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as mentor to many of you aspiring entrepreneurs, I often find you convinced that all you need to start is a unique innovation or idea , and now you are ready to jump in with both feet and enjoy the ride. Remember that being an entrepreneur is all about starting and running a business, after the initial invention.

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Backed by Will Smith and FabFitFun, OurPlace brings cookware and dinnerware direct to consumers

TechCrunch LA

The husband and wife co-founders behind the direct-to-consumer cookware and dinnerware startup retailer OurPlace are big believers in the notion that the doorway to inclusive communities opens through the kitchen. . Two of the new products available from startup direct to consumer cookware and dinnerware brand OurPlace.

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

What type of market, if any, is the right one? Paris has been an important market for the e-scooter industry at large, but the city has chafed against the vehicles, citing safety incidents , some of which were fatal. In 2021, over 1.2 They muck up the air , driving climate change and health issues alike.

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8 Unpublicized Strategies From Serious Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

At some stage of your education, you realize that you can learn faster, and get more satisfaction, in the real world than in a academic environment. Thus you drop out of school to start the business of your dreams, like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Advanced degrees won’t help you run your startup.

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Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners

TechCrunch LA

The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco).

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