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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. Rationale: I am busy and do not have time to accomplish all of my mission-critical tasks. When a consultant attempts to earn your business, they will tell you that they adamantly believe in you and your venture.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC.

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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. Rationale: I am busy and do not have time to accomplish all of my critical tasks. When a consultant attempts to earn your business, they will tell you that they adamantly believe in you and your adVenture.

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7 Reasons for Entrepreneurs to ‘First Know Thyself’

Startup Professionals Musings

Knowing, accepting, and liking who you are encourages others to do the same. Knowing, accepting, and liking who you are encourages others to do the same. Startup businesses are very demanding. Work smart and focus on results in everything you do. Entrepreneurs need to recognize their own strengths and limitations.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Recognize Their Limitations

Startup Professionals Musings

Knowing, accepting, and liking who you are encourages others to do the same. Knowing, accepting, and liking who you are encourages others to do the same. Startup businesses are very demanding. Work smart and focus on results in everything you do. Self-awareness is one cornerstone of effective leadership.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► July (1) ▼ June (3) The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? The LAST thing that I wanted to do was start another company. Where's Jack Bauer?

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Prepare Now For New Rules For Customer Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

As a backdrop, he defines the evolution already in progress from current Gen Y customers to a more demanding and less tolerant state (Gen D) that will make them even quicker and more technologically able to demonize and destroy your business, if it won’t meet their norms of interaction, personalization, and purpose.