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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Growing A Services Business Requires Selling Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

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If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Patents and Trademarks. Competition. Who do I write the check to and where do I send it? As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Distribution and Sales. Management Team.

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7 Critical Success Factors For A Services Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Fixing Tech’s Gender Problem Starts With Company Culture

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A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Like all important social movements, the change begins with you.

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Startups Providing A Service Are Difficult To Scale

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep. Capture your “secret sauce.”