Startup Professionals Musings

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8 Management Mistakes Which Will Defeat Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Self-Check Questions That Keep Leaders Up At Night

Startup Professionals Musings

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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Leadership Mistakes Plague Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Leadership Lapses Every Business Owner Must Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Questions Keep Great Entrepreneurs Up At Night

Startup Professionals Musings

Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. These can and will trip up even the best, often at the cost of a good night’s sleep. Case and Gerald M.

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Running Your Business By Instinct Is Not Recommended

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. They all forget or ignore the high-profile failures that have resulted from some single-handed business decisions.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Conglomerates, which were the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have proven themselves unable to innovate, and have a tarnished public image due to financial woes and poor management.

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