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8 Strides For Balanced Business Thinking And Delivery

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of the entrepreneurs I meet as an investor and advisor have no shortage of right-brain thinking, showing vision and creativity, but often don’t realize that their potential is being limited by a balancing focus on results, metrics, and customer specifics. Balance your business with your personal life.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. Wow, we''ve heard about your newsletter, and it seems to be motivating and inspiring entrepreneurs around the country.

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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

Although this meeting was entertaining, albeit in a very dark and maudlin manner, I walked away with the assurance that this particular carrier would be one of the last to adopt the features offered by VoIP. Sadly, I was right. The study of this group would be a perfect follow-up to Mr. Christian’s book.

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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

A few minutes away from downtown Atlanta, Collab Studio ATL describes itself as “a tech-based one-stop shop for content creators, HBCU students and young entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals.” A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl). Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR).

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5 Practices For Developing A World-Class Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

These include companies across multiple industry spectrums, notably NetFlix in entertainment, AirBnB in hospitality, and Whole Foods for groceries. As hard as it is to build extreme teams from the beginning, it’s much more difficult to turn around a failing or stagnant team.

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This Comedian Discovered Jon Stewart AND The Secret To Entrepreneurial Success

InfoChachkie

At 22, Bill opened a comedy club in Boston and it failed. It also failed. In recounting these failures, Bill highlighted to the young crowd that, "The object lesson that we can all take from this is (that) failing is okay, especially at your age. I would really have to stink in order to fail here.''". Know, See And Do.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. Wow, we''ve heard about your newsletter, and it seems to be motivating and inspiring entrepreneurs around the country.