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

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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. If you do your job well, the BDC negotiators will consider you to be a “Bro” – a colleague with whom they have a strong, personal relationship.

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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

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Bro – abbreviation of “Brother&# , meaning friend or dude. However, at your startup, establish rules of engagement which encourage your team to create professional, yet intimate, Bro relationships. Establishing an effective Bro relationship involves a delicate alchemy – part contrivance and part genuine friendship.

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ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities

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As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Clearly, the duration of this de facto status is dependent on a variety of factors, but in some instances, simply being first might be a satisfactory alternative to formal excludesivity. Trick Ear. It does not hear the ‘e’ word.”

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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

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In fact, during my many years as an operational entrepreneur, I explicitly avoided working with governments, for the reasons described below. Bro Factor – An inherent advantage startups enjoy is the Bro Factor. Now, more than ever, government agencies in the US and abroad are lousy startup customers.

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Secure Enterprise Sharing Provider CapLinked Announces $3.5M Round

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CapLinked is founded by two successful entrepreneurs: CEO Eric Jackson, former marketing lead at PayPal ; and COO Christopher Grey, two time founder including Crestridge Investments. There are three factors in particular that CapLinked focuses on: Reliability of the technology, functionality, and policies. Bros Need Not Apply.

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Making Revenue Sharing And Cost Savings Deals Work – Sharing Means Caring

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Despite the pathetic nature of Barney deals, the big purple dinosaur offered sound business advice to entrepreneurs in a TV episode entitled, “Sharing means caring.” Use The Bro Factor to establish professionally intimate relationships with your partners. However, never allow your Bro-based sharing deals to become Barney deals.

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Eleven Startup Tips From Richard Branson

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9) Be A Bro. In The Bro Factor , I emphasize the importance of treating everyone as important , irrespective of whether or not the person is in a position to assist you. However, one is agility; the ability to quickly evaluate the results of their actions and revise their approach to reflect market realities. Tweet this quote].

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