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Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs - Sweet Sixteen Kisses of Death

InfoChachkie

Just as Batman repeatedly avoids Poison Ivy’s kiss of death, so too must entrepreneurs avoid the Kiss of Death provisions which BDCs attempt to include in their agreements. Kiss of Death Provisions. Note: This is part I of a three part series. Ever negotiate with lawyers at a huge company?

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8 Levels Of Responsibility Lead To Change In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death. People deliver excuses rather than results.

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7 Leadership Failures To Abolish In Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

An entrepreneur’s passion for an idea often prompts them to blame others or external events for setbacks, rather than themselves, so that they can maintain some semblance of self-esteem and control. Overwhelm is a feeling that always precedes growth, and is a state in which your brain is developing new pathways and connections.

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Approve Unilateral Provisions.

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8 Accountability Steps Lead To A Great Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. As a startup investor, I view any evidence of a victim mentality as the kiss of death. People deliver excuses rather than results.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. That died with waterfall software development. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small?

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship.