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10 Tactics To Shorten Your Race To Cash-Flow Positive

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, it helps to pick a business model that minimizes these costs, such as e-commerce to minimize initial staff and facilities, or professional services, where you are the initial product. Assess your resource potential before you start. Build your plan around resources you know. Everyone wins with this approach.

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Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

Startup Professionals Musings

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 smart ones have a plan for how they intend to spend these resources, and measure themselves against the plan.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Startup Productive, Not Just Busy

Startup Professionals Musings

< These days, it’s easy to find comprehensive videos and online courses on the Internet to get you up to speed, but I find many entrepreneurs who are too independent and proud to look or ask for help. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. Commit to business excellence, but reject perfectionism.

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4 Laws Of Natural Selection Relate To Every Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The good news is that the latest 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 smart ones have a plan for how they intend to spend these resources, and measure themselves against the plan.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Understand Survival Basics

Startup Professionals Musings

The good news is that the rate of entrepreneurship is down a bit, to pre-recession levels, according to the latest Kaufmann Index of entrepreneurial activity. The smart ones have a plan for how they intend to spend these resources, and measure themselves against the plan.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. The focus will be on distributed energy resources, retrofits of residential, commercial and municipal buildings; and clean transportation. ” Climate resiliency

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4 Startup Survival Lessons Lead To Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The good news is that the rate of new entrepreneurship leveled off a bit last year, although it is still rising, according to the latest Kauffman Index of startup activity. The smart ones have a plan for how they intend to spend these resources, and measure themselves against the plan.

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