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When Hiring Entrepreneurs, Ignore Their Resumes

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When hiring ATM Operators at a Big Dumb Company (BDC), assessing each candidate’s ability to execute predictable tasks is of paramount importance. As made clear in Optimistically Pessimistic , most entrepreneurs’ experiences are not linear. Many emerging entrepreneurs have fractured, seemingly random careers.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. This last category proved to be especially lucrative. The same phenomenon is true for startups.

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13 Red Flags To Avoid In Your Investor Funding Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Others, like Guy Kawasaki , have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent enhancements or omissions that can kill your deal. Entrepreneurs in this category are usually dreamers. Investors are not looking for conservative entrepreneurs. Your future depends on it.

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7 Ways To Counter The “I’m Too Busy” Syndrome At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

If you find yourself in this category, you need to focus on techniques to improve your productivity On software teams, for example, a detailed study published years ago shows differences as great as ten to one in productivity between comparable team members.

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