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Are You ‘Hands On’ Enough To Succeed In A Startup?

Startup Professionals Musings

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Be consistent when it comes to these meetings and what you hope to accomplish, and use a template so that all the participants know exactly what will be covered and can prepare accordingly. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.

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Entrepreneurs Better Enjoy Getting Their Hands Dirty

Startup Professionals Musings

Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. Be consistent when it comes to these meetings and what you hope to accomplish, and use a template so that all the participants know exactly what will be covered and can prepare accordingly. There is no substitute for diving into the key details of a new startup.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? It turned out to be a catapult for the company, and sales have been booming since then. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ▼ March (2) 4.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? I will talk more about outsourcing in point #5, but India has terrific intellectual capital, is less expensive (however, costs have been quickly rising), but, it is very difficult to find "Scrappy" engineers (see point #1) and communication can also be a challenge.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? For me, this test also serves as a strategic guideline for almost everything I do: - business plans - investor pitches - sales pitches - marketing messaging - product management - press/media calls - etc. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? I always tell sales reps that were not there to talk about -our- business, were there to talk about -their- business. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Within weeks, we shortened our sales cycle. In fact, we had deals closed in less than 48 hours (which formerly could have taken weeks) because we had prospects that were able to find and evaluate our product while our sales reps were asleep.

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