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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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Fallacy: Third-party, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) representatives succeed once the sales process is defined, proven and documented. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Ask them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation.

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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

Both Sides of the Table

The problem is that when you brand something that will be interpreting differently by people who weren’t part of the zeitgeist when the memo went out about what “fail fast&# meant then we educate the next generation of entrepreneurs to do things the wrong way. How do I know this?

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