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Recognize your five critical business risks.

Berkonomics

Is there a market for your class of product at all? Email readers, continue here…] Too often the person you call your chief financial officer is trained in accounting, which is primarily a process of looking backward over events in the past. Here are five basic kinds of internal risks that a business faces over time.

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Can a revolutionary concept be too late to market?

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If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

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Can a revolutionary concept be too late to market?

Berkonomics

If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

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The trend is your friend.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here.] If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. That’s a valuable lesson.

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The five kinds of risk in building your business

Berkonomics

Is there a market for your class of product at all? Email readers, continue here…] Second is product risk. These include having a current knowledge of competitors’ hiring practices, pricing strategy, and more. Of course, there are external risks that cannot be controlled or predicted, but can be planned for as well –.

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The most important person on the startup team

Berkonomics

This is where you find the superb Rails coder, and the world-class information architect, and the consummate sales guy, and the persuasive business development person, and the brilliant CFO. Each of the functions is crucial, and each is required to bring the good idea to fruition. That, however, will not be enough.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. ” The most obvious phone call ad unit is what we call a “considered purchase,” which is high price, complex and requires lots of information or lots of choice. PHONE CALLS. Enter phone calls.

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