InfoChachkie

MARCH 10, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Become someone''s hero - when someone asks you to be their mentor, smile and say, "I would be honored.". In the Fall of 1990, H. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. I must admit, I furthered this anti-college narrative with a provocative article about college dropout successes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Should millennial entrepreneurs go to college?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Another article indicates that 80 percent of customers continue to base some portion of their buying decisions on their perceptions of the company’s ethics. Make doing the right thing your competitive edge today, and the key to your long-term success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! I assume you become his mentor? Powell: This is funny, because in the beginning I thought I was mentoring Stacy. In a class by himself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Another good online approach is a simple Internet search for articles like the “ The 15 Best Startup Accelerators in the U.S. ”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

1) Get A Mentor. "I free weekly Infochachkie articles! " When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere." Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction. To get competitive leadership, you can’t be an industry follower. Strategically timid and haphazard marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

In this age of information overload, success is all about building a brand that stands out above the competition. In my long-time role as a mentor and business advisor, I still see too many people who are waiting to be found as a candidate for their dream role, or waiting for investors to find their startup.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. In mentoring, we match experienced angel investors with, what I like to call them, “angels-in-training” so they can share the lessons learned. I know several women who have been mentoring entrepreneurs and I encourage them to step up to the plate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction. To get competitive leadership, you can’t be an industry follower. Strategically timid and haphazard marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

“When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction. To get competitive leadership, you can’t be an industry follower. Strategically timid and haphazard marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

The “ real gold ” of Silicon Valley reportedly lies in its mentors. What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Find and sell your unique competitive advantages. If you don’t highlight your competitive advantages , no one else will.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Find and sell your unique competitive advantages. If you don’t highlight your competitive advantages , no one else will.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2018

As a long-time mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’ve been convinced for some time that good entrepreneurs have the right mindset, and the right attributes, to be good at anything they want. Find and sell your unique competitive advantages. If you don’t highlight your competitive advantages , no one else will.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

It’s always painful when a startup fails, but as a mentor to founders I would hope that you can learn from these failings and not stumble on the same issues: “Business plans are for dummies.” That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993.

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