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5 Steps To A Winning Strategic Plan Execution Process

Startup Professionals Musings

He brings a wealth of experience to the table, based on years of consulting work with middle market companies around the world. Team members must be engaged and enabled to do the job – that means aligned, equipped, coached, supported, and valued for the work and changes ahead. Create the environment and equip people to succeed.

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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). There are people like Gus Tai who any entrepreneur who’s worked with him well tell you is that he has helped coach them into building a great business. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Gus has been amazing.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. Hard Knocks U.

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