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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. “Learn from the mistakes of others. Entrepreneurship is best learned experientially.

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Why You Should Hire A Gaggle Of Interns At Your Startup - And It’s Not For An In-house Wait Staff Or Free Labor…

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As described in Beware The Consultant , startups should strive to conserve their most precious assets, time and money, by avoiding paying fees to third-party service providers, such as recruiters. “If I had to, I could clean out my desk in five minutes… and nobody would ever know I’d ever been here. Rookie Draft.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

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One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks? Lots of thoughts here. You’ll get suggestions for improvements.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks? Lots of thoughts here. You’ll get suggestions for improvements.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. “I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” John Wanamaker. If Mr. Wanamaker had access to the Internet, his oft-repeated quote, would have never been uttered. Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

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As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm. As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm. As such, a startup-oriented lawyer is a critical member of your extended adVenture team. free weekly Infochachkie articles!