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7 Excuses I Don’t Want To Hear For New Owner Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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7 Face-Saving Quotes For Entrepreneurs Ready To Quit

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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Statistically, you are 10x more likely to get hired through a referral by an employee than a non-referral. The final piece is online coaching, which allows people, 7 days a week, to click and talk to a professional development coach, and help them go through questions, answer things like what should by resume look like.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients.

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7 Excuses For Giving Up Instead Of Persevering To Win

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that half of startups fail within the first five years. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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Don't Let These 7 Excuses Sink Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Either could improve the statistic that most startups fail within the first five years. Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors. Nothing is more discouraging to aspiring entrepreneurs than the high failure rate.

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Recruit Cal Ripken, Not Reggie Jackson, To Your Startup

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In contrast, Lex Sisney, author of Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business , CEO Coach and Co-founder of Commission Junction has had success compartmentalizing such difficult high-performers. According to Lex, “Sometimes you just can’t say no to great talent. Cal Ripken, Jr. was also a baseball star.

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