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5 Keys To Satisfaction From Solving Market Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. A few years ago, Amanda Neville wrote an incisive article for Forbes online entitled “ Perfectionism is the Enemy of Everything.” For more help on this one, I recommend Esther Crain’s old article “ Five Ways to Blast Perfectionism and Get Your Work Done.”

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Can Your New Venture Pass The Scrutiny Of Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. During this time or earlier, you should also be doing your own due diligence on the investor, as suggested in a classic article on avoiding problem investors. Size of the market. Sales and marketing strategy.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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6 Keys To Thriving In This New Era Of Remote Services

Startup Professionals Musings

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. Focus on proposals, rather than hourly rates.

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5 Key Steps For Launching A Successful Startup Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Listen to your customers to arrive at acceptable and marketable solutions. A few years ago, Amanda Neville wrote an incisive article for Forbes online entitled “ Perfectionism is the Enemy of Everything.” The best part of the entrepreneur problem-solving lifestyle is that it can bring satisfaction and happiness to your work.

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