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Hard Decisions Require Empathy

Both Sides of the Table

It goes without saying that if you find yourself in a really negative headspace PLEASE reach out to any trusted mentor, friend or family member. In the words of my friend and a CEO with whom I work, “Yeah, I know I need to make some cuts because our demand has changed, but I want to do this with a scalpel and not with an axe.”

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8 Strategies For Winning As A Freelancer Or Employee

Startup Professionals Musings

Use blogging, outside publication, and speaking or mentoring opportunities to establish credibility and stand out above peers. You can’t please everyone all the time, so don’t kill yourself trying to satisfy a bad boss or an overly demanding customer. Market yourself both inside and outside your current job.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

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Female Founders and CEOs | Valerie Brennan of Three Day Rule

Tech Zulu Event

Took some time to crunch the numbers and evaluate our findings before re-circling back in 2009 and beginning what started as a blog. A blog with our reviews of the scene, locations, etc. We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching.

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

I turned down free “advisory stock” in the early days and told Aaron that I’d much rather just be his independent friend and mentor for anything he needed and that I really just wanted to see him build a successful business for himself and for LA. The photo in this blog (like many of mine) came from 500px. Like oDesk.

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Why Teenagers Make Great Entrepreneurs

Xconomy

It’s a question that often circulates in the business press and on tech blogs. Hands-on programs, like MIT Launch , expose teens to the challenges of entrepreneurship: the time demands, changing market pressures, team dynamics, and the inevitable ups and downs of starting a business. What is the ideal age to start a company?