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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Manage human resources.

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Manage human resources.

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Manage human resources.

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Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Develop your business plan. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Manage human resources.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year.

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