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5 Strategies From The Military For Tackling Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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5 Steps To A Winning Assault On The Army Of Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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Lessons From The Military On Winning Funding Battles

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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5 Logistical Steps For Startups Seeking Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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5 Military Lessons For Entrepreneurs Raising Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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Logistics Required Before Approaching Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants). Fully prepare for the assault. Talk bounces off and won’t stop any bullets. Follow-up to assess progress or casualties.

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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices

socalTECH

We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We were small, and had about ten engineers, providing customer solutions for businesses in Southern California.

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