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Business Communication is Not Just Talking Loud
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4872 days ago
Effective communication is an absolute requirement for successfully starting a business, but it doesn’t come naturally to many entrepreneurs. Communication is considered a social skill, and inventors and engineers, for example, aren’t known to be social butterflies.
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Ten Ways to Optimize Your Investor Pitch Time
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4873 days ago
The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most
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Five Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Angel Investors
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4874 days ago
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up? In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approa
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For a Services Business, a Blog Trumps a Website
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4875 days ago
Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer
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Skip the MBA if Entrepreneur is Your Lifestyle
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4876 days ago
I don’t have an MBA. I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be the other way around. In some recent surveys, as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned,
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Five Problem Solutions to Motivate Your Startup
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4877 days ago
Potential startup founders are always looking for ideas to implement, when they should be looking for problems to solve. Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for ideas. I’m often approached by people with a “million dollar idea,” but I haven’t seen anyone pay that for one yet.
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Startups With Real Revenue Can Get Venture Capital
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4878 days ago
I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights, which shows venture capital is back. Overall, investors put $7.5 billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. startups. That represents a $1.5 billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly
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Social Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Profit For Success
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4879 days ago
A term I’m hearing more and more these days is “social entrepreneur.” In the simplest of terms, these are people who seek to generate “social value”, rather than profits, and use traditional business principles to create and manage a venture to make social change.
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How to Market Your Startup to People Not Like You
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4880 days ago
Face reality. As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution. In fact, even if they did, they couldn’t find you in the clutter
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Technology Attacks the Venerable Business Card
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 4881 days ago
In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number on that business card you gave me last week. That’s just wrong. We need instant access to the most important of all resources, current contact info.
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