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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

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Of course triangulation is a mathematics term that is used in sailing and other activities to help you better navigate when you don’t have your bearings. Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. Each is a framework for thinking about a problem.

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Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures, On Mental Health And Investing In Founders

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We want to change the culture and framework of the I'm killing it culture of early stage entrepreneurship, where you're expected to hold everything inside, even if you're struggling, and where you don't feel like you have an outlet for the feelings you are experience as you build your business. READ MORE>>.

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8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

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Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

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Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

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controlling your psychology ) you no doubt have heard me say that raising capital is a sales & marketing process. Which partners are active and which are less active? Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. What do you want to know?

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Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

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The good news is that a recent Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. You can be a small tiger with big teeth, or an aging dinosaur.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Let’s set up a framework. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Availability of Capital. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company?

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