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7 Key Maxims of a Mindset Focused on Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience advising entrepreneurs, I’m convinced that success is often more a mindset than a specific set of skills or intelligence. Of course, that mindset has to translate into a set of specific actions that other people recognize as going above and beyond the fixed mindset. Most experts call this a growth mindset.

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7 Keys To An Engaging Framework For Social Media Mktg

Startup Professionals Musings

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book.

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5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

Startup Professionals Musings

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. Desperate entrepreneurs lose their leverage and die young. Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Raising money from professional investors, even friends and family, takes time.

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Lighting the match – going viral

Berkonomics

It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked that question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. And of course sometimes that requires a large amount, far beyond the capability of small companies looking for its initial audience. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must.

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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

It was as much in reaction to my getting blank stares from entrepreneurs when I asked the above question as it was for me to better understand the problem itself. And of course, that could easily require a large amount, far beyond the capability of a small company looking for its initial audience. Here is my list. First: Planning.

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Happy Customers Make Gender Bias (Nearly) Irrelevant

InfoChachkie

At Rincon Venture Partners , we have invested in several female entrepreneurs(so far), including Tracy DiNunzio, Founder and CEO of Tradesy. which serves to further diminish the perceived number of accomplished women entrepreneurs. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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How Great, Operationally-Focused CFO’s Can Transform Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly the founders and senior executives of a company are the most valuable resources and their time should be maximized on the most valuable tasks. It’s the nature of most entrepreneurs, honestly. Another thing entrepreneurs f**k up? The full financial details and metrics were in the deck. HR & Legal.