In the world of business, you only get one chance for a great first impression. The stakes are high – you are asking an investor for money, a customer for an order, or another executive for a partnership. Badly written letters, long rambling or emotional emails, or an obvious lack of spell checking
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Business Writing Style is as Important as Content
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5056 days ago
Ten of the Best Reasons to Start a Business Now
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5057 days ago
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about “Ten of the Worst Reasons for Starting a Business,” so naturally a reader challenged me to turn that around and talk about the right reasons for starting a business. That’s a fair challenge, and probably more productive than the negative approach for all the peop
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Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5058 days ago
Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to
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You Don’t Need Delaware to Start Your Company
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5059 days ago
It used to be true that “everyone” incorporated in Delaware due to its more favorable terms, but many of these terms simply don’t apply to startups, or the differences don’t exist anymore. Most business professionals now recommend that your first choice should be your home state, or the state where
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Business Plan Writers - Know Your Audience
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5060 days ago
Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. Even if you know your product/service suite down cold, understand the strengths/weaknesses of the competition, and have built pro forma financials that are sane ... you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. What does that mean? A
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Entrepreneurs Can Learn To Enjoy Solving Problems
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5061 days ago
If you can’t solve problems and enjoy it, you won’t make it as an entrepreneur. By definition, an entrepreneur is the first to undertake a given business, and firsts never happen without problems and people frustrations. The toughest problems are people problems, like personnel issues, but there ar
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E-Commerce Startup Entry Cost is at All-Time Low
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5062 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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Seven Actions of a True Role Model Entrepreneur
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5063 days ago
In the beginning all businesses are just people playing out an idea. It’s never the other way around – there is no idea so big that it doesn’t need people to make it succeed. Investors know this, hence the saying “Bet on the jockey, not the horse.” A great jockey is a great role model.
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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5064 days ago
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. But due diligence and paperwork take time, and can change everything.
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Ten Key Elements Make a Startup a Risky Business
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5065 days ago
You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Yet everyone seems to have their own view of key risk sources for startups, and I’m no exception. I don’t agree, for example, that the first priority is t
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