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Entrepreneurs Need to Recognize Their Limitations

Startup Professionals Musings

After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your direct reports probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. You’ll be expected to be present just about 24/7 while keeping everything else in your life managed. Individuality is the hallmark of a successful and strong entrepreneur.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

What do we build in-house or outsource? Technologies you use, how much will it cost, future capabilities, scalability, in-house vs. outsourced all intersect. Uninterested in or unable to add much value to investor presentations, business proposals, new business meetings. What other kinds of systems will we likely need?

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

“It would present a huge opportunity for a variety of climate tech sectors, ranging from clean electricity to carbon management to vehicle electrification.” As with most of Biden’s big infrastructure initiatives, there are startups tackling these issues.

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Don’t Pay Bribes to Get International Expansion

Startup Professionals Musings

Justice Department and SEC reported imposing over $1.5 Dealing with the bureaucrats for permits and licenses was once again outsourced to expeditors specialized in these areas. Some companies look at this as a “cost of doing business,” but it can easily cost you your reputation and your business.

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Hiring MBA’s by the Hour | Inventing Work 2.0 with Skillbridge

Tech Zulu Event

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists?

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Knowing Yourself is Power in Business

Startup Professionals Musings

After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your direct reports probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. You’ll be expected to be present just about 24/7 while keeping everything else in your life managed. Individuality is the hallmark of a successful and strong entrepreneur.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Tech Zulu Event

As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day. Then create a mock presentation based on sharing insights for that solution. Help a Reporter Out (HARO).