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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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1) Expect Independent Channel Sales Reps To Perform Missionary Sales. Rationale: I cannot afford to hire a direct sales force. Thus, I will recruit independent distributors and they will sell my new and innovative products on my behalf. Public relations at a startup is a sales process. 7) Hire A Consultant.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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Repeatedly organize yard sales in which you sold your broken toys, books you wrote and illustrated, along with overly sugared lemonade and burnt cookies. Entrepreneurs must instill a belief deep enough for the stakeholders to pass the Blondin Test and figuratively place their livelihoods, fortunes, reputations, etc.