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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4266 days ago
We all know that every startup is risky. No risk means no reward. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. You need to know these guidelines to set your expectations on funding.
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Nurture 5 Top Entrepreneur Success Characteristics
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4267 days ago
Every startup wants to be a predictable success, yet so few ever achieve this enviable position. In reality, getting there is not a random walk, and requires an understanding of the stages that every business must navigate and the organizational characteristics necessary at each stage.
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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4268 days ago
Made Hot by: Small Business Bluesman on January 15, 2013 12:05 am
Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Even if you have heard some of the new terms, but can’t explain how, when, and why they are relevant to your startup, you m
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Great Entrepreneurs are Masters of Business Chaos
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4269 days ago
Every startup founder I know talks about the chaos of their business, which they usually attribute to that burst of growth that is required to get to positive cash flow. They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a
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Kick-Start Your eCommerce Business for $100 or Less
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4270 days ago
If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. The cost of entry has never been lower. Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels.
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Start a Business That Fits Your Idea of Having Fun
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4271 days ago
You are an aspiring entrepreneur, eager to dump the corporate grind, and work to the beat of your own drummer, but you can’t come up with that killer idea to save the world. What are the alternatives that will give you the independence you crave, and challenge your business acumen?
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Startups are the Place to Find and Use Baby Boomers
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4272 days ago
Made Hot by: Chaos on January 10, 2013 1:09 pm
The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply.
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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4273 days ago
Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 billion from 49 listings, and represented the
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10 Attributes of That Rare Ideal Manager at Work
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4274 days ago
Everyone can recognize a great manager a mile away, so why is it so hard to find one? We all remember a few that are “legends in their own mind”, but that doesn’t do it. In fact, the clue here is that the view in your mind is the only one that matters, rather than the other way around.
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8 Indications of a ‘Wanna Be’ Entrepreneur Dreamer
Posted by martinzwilling under StartupsFrom http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4275 days ago
Made Hot by: deanuk on January 7, 2013 9:55 pm
If I had a dollar for every time someone has said to me, “One of these days, I’m going to start my own company,” I’d be rich. If this day ever comes for all these people, we will be overrun by startups. Yet I don’t lose any sleep over either of these possibilities.
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