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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding.

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8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling

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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics.

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Lessons Learned From The Accelerator Trenches: MuckerLab's Erik Rannala

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When a company either has revenues, if that''s the primary metric, or if it''s a consumer application, high user acquisition and engagement, we know there is some degree of product-market-fit. Instead, you have to prepare those companies, and make them competitive with the best companies in Silicon Valley who are getting funded.

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8 Secrets To Pushing Your Startup Ahead Of The Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Efficiency?

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