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[Interview] Toronto’s Michael Beattie, Founder And CEO Of MBM Consulting

YoungUpstarts

Success as an entrepreneur takes a lot more than an idea, a dab of seed money and, as they say, a wing and a prayer. Michael Beattie , who launched MBM Consulting in 1995, knows full well the special combination of training, skills and, importantly, mindset it takes to succeed. He’s spent over 20 years nurturing them all.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some believe only businesspeople can do this-- that hackers can implement software, but not design it. Because so little money is involved, raising seedcapital is comparatively easy-- at least in the sense of getting aquick yes or no. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." Thats nonsense.

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