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How Entrepreneurs Get Out Of Their Comfort Zone

Startup Professionals Musings

Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. In summary, change will happen. business change rate comfort zone entrepreneur startup'

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When Did Profit Become A Bad Word For Entrepreneurs?

Startup Professionals Musings

As a startup advisor and investor, I find that more and more entrepreneurs avoid using the term “profit” in pitching their new venture. Thus I was pleased and a bit surprised to see a new book, “ The Purpose Is Profit ,” by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, an entrepreneur who has both succeeded and failed in starting multiple businesses.

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If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing

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Or if you’re pinched on time the summary is below and the time coding can help you watch a brief snippet on topics that interest you. 3:35 The real entrepreneurs come out during a down economy. 19:30 A teachable moment for entrepreneurs: HAVE A HYPOTHESIS! 48:30 Vanity metrics. 52:00 Actionable metrics.

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6 Initiatives To Get Ready For The Changes Ahead

Startup Professionals Musings

Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. In summary, change will happen.

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6 Ways Startups Must Match the Pace of Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. In summary, change will happen.

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6 Startups Actions to Survive a Volatile Market

Startup Professionals Musings

Failure rates this high demand a new mindset and startups are the logical place for this to happen. Relevant skills include continuous improvement of existing methods, processes and devices against a set of quality metrics. In summary, change will happen.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused.

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