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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, I think the evidence is clear that many entrepreneurs started their journey while still in college, and capitalized on all the resources there, before moving on: Extend your technology focus with business basics. For example, I do business mentoring at nearby Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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10 Key Business Founder Checks Needed Before The Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business advisors I know will say that writing a business plan is the first step to starting your own business, but I believe that a better first step is to do a self-analysis of your real drivers, strengths, and assumptions before committing to this lifestyle. Assess your own resources as well as funding sources.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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The lion and the ant: A managerial lesson

Berkonomics

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. And we see examples every day. Just add more ants, hopefully as resourceful as the first? Guess who the lion fired first?

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

It requires you to expend your two most valuable resources, your time and your money. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. As such, they are hesitant to acquire a company which has not sought formal protection of their IP for two reasons. An example of design patent is shown at left.

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