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Optimistically Pessimistic: Entrepreneurs Fear Near-term Failure Yet Are Assured Of Their Long-term Success

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A friend once told me about a soccer game in which the opposing team deployed a frustratingly effective strategy. Every time they scored, their Captain ran around the field yelling, “tied score, tied score!” He continued to do this, despite the fact that they were beating my friend’s team by several goals. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Optimistically Pessimistic: Entrepreneurs Fear Near-term Failure Yet Are Assured Of Their Long-term Success

InfoChachkie

A friend once told me about a soccer game in which the opposing team deployed a frustratingly effective strategy. Every time they scored, their Captain ran around the field yelling, “tied score, tied score!” He continued to do this, despite the fact that they were beating my friend’s team by several goals. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Know When To Declare Defeat And Toss Out A Bad Idea – Do Not Be Afraid To Say, “That Baby Be Ugly!”

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Startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, such as potential partnerships, new products, entering emerging markets, etc. Idea Cronyism. This is analogous to a startup CEO selecting which ideas will be considered by a larger group for implementation.

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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

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Dynamic, growing startups consistently identify more ideas and opportunities than they have the time or resources to pursue, including: entering into potential partnerships, developing new products and accessing emerging markets. Impact – The degree to which the ideas further the venture’s objectives. The Impact Matrix.

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Interview with Aviv Grill, Miso Media

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Features in our new version include a section of tunes, which allows you to buy music--guitar tablature--from the Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and other choices from the Sony and Universal catalog. Investors were really excited, and in the weeks following we took investment meeting after investment meeting.

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Interview: Clark Benson of Founder & CEO of Ranker.com - Dicusses Playing Nice With Google

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4) One of the reasons we invested in Ranker is because one of the current investors, who also invested in one of your prior ventures, told us, “Clark will go above and beyond to get you a return on your money.” If someone is investing in me and my idea, I simply don’t want to let them down.

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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

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We then turned Citrix’s question around by saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay. We then turned Citrix’s question around by saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

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