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7 Key Strategies To Ensure Long-Term Customer Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience working with entrepreneurs, once they feel they have a winning formula for their business, they are often hesitant to change or update it. Remember when you were a startup? You didn’t wait until a new market was totally proven before entering. When was the last time you tested on of these channels?

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. In fact, for the most part, all you need is a laptop and Wi-Fi connection. Meet some of the amazing organizations that partner with the Startup of the Year program, and could be a valuable resource for you to help build your business.

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Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a shame since it’s such a golden opportunity for you to build awareness with your audience for who you are and what you do. And it’s a surprisingly great way to meet people in this industry who share the stage with you. Educate – Your primary role on stage is to educate the audience.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. You don’t really buy servers anymore…the tools are all open source. You can learn very little from victory.

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Conforming To Your Customers’ Realities: Your Stakeholders’ Perceptions Are Your Reality

InfoChachkie

If this gentleman was such a pivotal player in the early days of the PC revolution, why is he essentially unknown to most entrepreneurs under forty years old? If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Few young entrepreneurs know about Mr. Kildall’s contributions because of his behavior, not Mr. Gates’.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Focus means starting with a problem that is painful, rather than a technology, and showing how you can solve that problem better than anyone else. Solve one problem really well.

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8 Big Business Tenets That Don't Work For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m a strong proponent of new entrepreneurs starting with a big vision, and believing anything is possible -- but I’m also a pragmatist who believes in factoring some realism into any plan. Entrepreneurs who expect funding at the idea stage are usually disappointed. Don’t start until you know the risks are minimized.

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