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6 Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Due To Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Fail fast and pivot.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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7 Costs To Consider Before Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

They are still nowhere near the rate required to match the yearly total of 486 hit way back in 1999. Yet I believe the trend will continue at least flat as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive. Your odds of hitting the lottery may be better.

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Back In The Filtering Game: Entrepreneur Drawn by The Siren Call Of The Startup

YoungUpstarts

In 1999, my brother Aaron and I started InternetSafety.com. In 1999, he started InternetSafety.com with his brother. Admittedly, they have not all been successful. Some have been spectacular failures. Despite this, I have been drawn by the siren call of the startup once again. I am now neck-deep in Startup No. 9, FilterSnap.

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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999. The post 30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name appeared first on Hearpreneur. Thanks to Viren Tellis, Hedado ! #14- 14- Adding our initials to what we do. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

I originally conceived it as the Top 11 things that I believe “all entrepreneurs need to succeed.&# If it stuck to this theme then I would stand by my top 11. It isn’t a “must&# for me but it’s certainly a huge positive when entrepreneurs have it. I’ll always point out when I am.). That’s OK.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

We have done almost 90 roundtables so far and, based on this extensive experience of learning directly from entrepreneurs about their core issues, 1M/1M has just launched a new assessment tool for entrepreneurs. He currently has a 1999 strategy. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka and Uuma.

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