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Combustion Matters More Than Scale

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At scale, entrepreneurs have the luxury of shifting their focus from survival to maximizing the return on their resources. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Photo credit: Flickr born1945. Share and Enjoy.

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What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Once people who do not know you and have no vested interest in your company's success begin expending their time, money and resources to leverage your value proposition, you are gaining traction. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers

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Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

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For instance, technology startups should maintain key development resources in-house, rather than relying exclusively on third-party, contract labor. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Down the Stack | How Low Do You Go?

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When building a new application, the fundamental rule is that you should choose any services that allows you the greatest combination of flexibility and resources to meet your application’s needs. For example, IaaS providers will give you raw infrastructure like compute and storage resources.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

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Unfortunately, they had no such resource on their startup team. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Ron Kills It While The Band Is Killed. Unlike Five Cool What, Ron’s career prospered. Share and Enjoy.

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Recruit Cal Ripken, Not Reggie Jackson, To Your Startup

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Not only do they consume a significant amount of management resources, their output is lackluster even when they are performing at maximum capacity. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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