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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

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Similar to the entrepreneurial attributes described in The Lemonade Principle , a newspaper route not only built character, it prepared children for a lifetime of success. Understandably, the pricing has to be excessive to provide sufficient margin for the product’s producer and an adequate incentive for the non-profit organization.

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Entrepreneurs: Don’t Quit Your Real Job Too Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Then there are the more pragmatic questions of how to make concurrent startup efforts productive. If your hypothesis is, “we can build a better web-based chat client”, that’s something you could test quickly. If your hypothesis is “we can build a car that runs on lemonade”, that’s just not going to work as a part-time effort.

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Should Startup Founders Keep Their Day Job?

Startup Professionals Musings

Then there are the more pragmatic questions of how to make concurrent startup efforts productive. If your hypothesis is, “we can build a better web-based chat client”, that’s something you could test quickly. If your hypothesis is “we can build a car that runs on lemonade”, that’s just not going to work as a part-time effort.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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Thus, I will recruit independent distributors and they will sell my new and innovative products on my behalf. As eight-year olds who sell lemonade know, there is a certain charm associated with helping a fledgling startup. 2) Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements.

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