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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

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And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. As in, “Well, as a tech firm we put tons of effort into APIs so that you can do your own integrations. But they’re technology people not sales people!

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Interview with Damir Davidovic, NEOGOV

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A lot of software startups have shied away from serving public institutions, despite a big market, due to concerns about how slow they adopt things. Companies here are really held accountable to what is in the contract, and how their products are implemented. In the past, we had been a one product company. READ MORE>>.

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Helping Startups Understand Salespeople & the Sales Culture

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Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. They are the lifeblood of many companies yet they are different than the traditional technology startup DNA so the ways that you hire, motivate, compensate and assess performance of these individuals will be different. That stuff is for Oracle or IBM.

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Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

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Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. They are the lifeblood of many companies yet they are different than the traditional technology startup DNA so the ways that you hire, motivate, compensate and assess performance of these individuals will be different. That stuff is for Oracle or IBM.

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ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities

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As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. As noted in Alliances , startups with compelling technologies can often form an alliance of partners around their unique solutions. Students expend small fortunes of their parents’ money to attend exclusive , private colleges.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Loading… Tech. Developments Blog. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Gramercy Park Condo Goes Into Contract. » More. » More.