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5 Tips To Keep Your Startup Productive, Not Just Busy

Startup Professionals Musings

There are complex processes, like filing a patent, and financial tools that may be new to you, including Excel and Quickbooks. Remember the concept of minimum viable product (MVP), which is designed to test viability and interest before you burn through too much of your energy and resources.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Unless your venture is focused on researching potential scientific breakthroughs, it is likely that your technology can be easily copied and your patents circumvented.

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5 Keys to Moving From Entrepreneur Thinking To Action

Startup Professionals Musings

If you think about it, most of the influential names in the entrepreneur world today, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, have each started many companies, learning from each, and fully recognizing that not all are destined to be remembered. Rally people behind a higher purpose, not just a product.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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When I think about the people in our generation I most respect: Elon Musk, Larry Page, Richard Branson – they are optimists to a fault. We checked patents. When we ship product. But would you expect Apple to reveal its product details before launching? What about competing patents. I was not fried.

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Five Startup Tips From The Beatles

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Some of the examples are patently obvious (e.g., (i) They differentiated their product with subtle, unconventional techniques, such as the use of the B7 chord in I Want To Hold Your Hand.

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10 Actions That Will Transform You From Good To Great

Startup Professionals Musings

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 The quickest way to great results is to build a great team , and let it multiply your productivity. Learn to anticipate change, bounce back stronger, and teach others to do the same.

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10 Key Steps For Aspiring Billionaire Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 The quickest way to great results is to build a great team, and let it multiply your productivity. Learn to anticipate change, bounce back stronger, and teach others to do the same.