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10 Strategies To Find That Rare Complementary Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Join online "matchmaking" sites for business partners. Also start a discussion on the wealth of business blogs frequented by entrepreneurs, where you can make your interests known.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

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7 Keys To Making Many Millions In A Business You Love

Startup Professionals Musings

Nice to have” sites like Facebook and Twitter look attractive, but they are much higher risk, and a thousand fail for every one that succeeds. Use the Internet to outsource staff. Start with sites like Elance.com and Guru.com for specialized tasks you can’t do yourself. Position yourself as an expert.

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7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster.

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10 Keys To Building Unstoppable Startup Partnerships

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Join online "matchmaking" sites for business partners. Also start a discussion on the wealth of business blogs frequented by entrepreneurs, where you can make your interests known.

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9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Customer feedback, including blog comments, usability reviews, and early user testimonials, build relationships and provide credible marketing to the broader customer community. Collaborate with customers to tune your solution.

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Charles River Labs Says It Will Close San Diego Research Facility

Xconomy

Contract research organization Charles River Labs is shutting down its San Diego-area operations, moving the work done there to one of its two Northern California sites.