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Maintain Your Startup Motivation While Working Harder

Startup Professionals Musings

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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Balance Your Focus Between Passion And Perspiration

Startup Professionals Musings

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I am still a big fan of outsourcing. Zondigo, Inc.

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How To Enjoy Your Business Dream As Well As The Work

Startup Professionals Musings

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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7 Startup Strategies To Gain From Your Limitations

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe that the resourcefulness to turn constraints into competitive differentiators and new opportunities is a trait that separates the great entrepreneurs from the “wannabes.” They look for creative solutions to problems that are inhibiting progress, rather than the conventional solution of outsourcing or hiring people.

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5 Elements Of Success Every Startup Should Celebrate

Startup Professionals Musings

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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Decoding The Secret To Success In Subscription Businesses: Georg Richter, OceanX

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But what they also did is figure out, is instead of talking about whether something is a good product, how it works, and how much it costs, they always have advertised how that product makes you feel. However, as you ramp in quantity, you find you have to spend a lot more on advertising as you get away from your core customers.

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