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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

InfoChachkie

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Evaluate their sincerity by asking them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation. I promise I will never Tweet about celebrities, reality TV or that killer burrito I just ate.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Build Startups Without Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Many aspiring entrepreneurs jump ship from corporate environments, complaining that they want to be their own boss, only to find that investors are more demanding bosses than the ones they left. You don’t have to fight for your equity, and no one can slow you down in decision making. Spread your equity internally to build the team.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

InfoChachkie

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Ask them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation. In Beware The Consultant , I describe how you can structure such equity-based relationships. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

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Hiring MBA’s by the Hour | Inventing Work 2.0 with Skillbridge

Tech Zulu Event

What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? We discuss everything from outsourcing, MBA’s, and business, to the lessons learned in building their marketplace for connecting business professionals with the companies who need them. Introducing SkillBridge.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. The thing is – even if your services business is a smaller scale than this – you have complete control over the decisions about where to take the business.

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