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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Even a million users on your social media site won’t pay the bills until you sell some advertising or a premium service. That keeps people from pushing themselves to develop the kind of new solutions that will permanently change the business for the better, versus short-term band-aids. Make process improvement a constant focus.

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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Every employee or entrepreneur needs to build a competitive reputation on the Internet, through a website, blog, LinkedIn profile, and social media. Market your business expertise. In today’s gig economy, your professional reputation, references, and your ability to market yourself are the keys to success.

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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

Both Sides of the Table

I work hard to create working relationships with my fellow non-management board members in the same way that every investor ultimately works to develop strong working relationships with founders. this requires a strong knowledge of market data, employee performance, company performance relative to market and available resources?—?cash

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it. Why does that matter?

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