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Interview with Tobi Bauckhage, Moviepilot

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Bauckhage talks about the firm's recent funding from DFJ Espirit, T-Venture, Grazia Equity, and others, and how the company has been helping studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Paramount market their upcoming releases. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services? What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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13 Red Flags To Avoid In Your Investor Funding Pitch

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Sales projections are less than one percent market penetration. Smart entrepreneurs highlight their own positives in competitive positioning, rather than competitor negatives. Your credibility is paramount, so don’t jeopardize it with hype and too much passion. Spends time denigrating key competitors. Your future depends on it.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition. We have been able to build deep customer insights on product, pricing, service, geography, competition, etc.

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part III) - Board Games Can Teach Children Negotiating And Risk Taking Skills

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Thus, as is true with any startup, survival is paramount. For instance, explain that a business can structure a portion of its sales in the form of evergreen subscriptions, annual maintenance payments and quarterly license fees. Remind your children that if they quit before the game is over, they are assured they will not win.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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