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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

Startup Professionals Musings

Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business. For example, I do business mentoring at nearby Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Initiate networking to find peer partners and investors.

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10 Ways Leaders Must Change As The Business Matures

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. It means mentoring less experienced team members, and quickly replacing incompetent staff members. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.” Staff properly at every level.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S.

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Ten Learning Steps from Entrepreneur to Manager

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. It means mentoring less experienced team members, and quickly replacing incompetent staff members. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.” Staff properly at every level.

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10 Keys to Managing the Business After the Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. It means mentoring less experienced team members, and quickly replacing incompetent staff members. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.” Staff properly at every level.

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Some Entrepreneurs Never Learn to Manage Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. It means mentoring less experienced team members, and quickly replacing incompetent staff members. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.” Staff properly at every level.

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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business

Jason Nazar

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Business Mentors. Go mobile and consider app development. Recommended.