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Finding a strategic partner, investor or buyer

Berkonomics

A wise board and management would take their own hint and strengthen that core, whether it is your development team, your geographic dominance or other trait. And strengthen that at the expense of other areas of your enterprise which may easily be outsourced or reduced in scope. The net result of this exercise.

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9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of you prefer to ignore the feedback from analysts that your chances of creating the next unicorn startup may be as low as one in five million. Facilitate rapid growth through contracted resources. In this age of the gig-economy, you can more quickly hire and manage freelancers, contract workers, and contract operations.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. I don’t like distributed development teams in early stage businesses. What about outsourcing?

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

As a summary, crowdfunding today can mean any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model. Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even with this, crowdfunding today means any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model. Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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8 Business Execution Strategies That Lead To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have completed four out of five milestones, we can both see success in your future. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders. As you move from development to rollout, a team effort is required, including marketing, sales, funding, and customers.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

InfoChachkie

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. 2) Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. 6) Rely On A Public Relations Agency.

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