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Not Everyone Is “Killing” It: How & When to Admit It

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We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business. The Power of Perception . I saw this firsthand with my own experience as an early PayPal employee.

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Not Everyone Is “Killing” It: How & When to Admit It

Agile VC

We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5 Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business. The Power of Perception . I saw this firsthand with my own experience as an early PayPal employee.

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Square IPO: Is Square A Good Payments Business?

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The other tiny portion (1%) comes from sales of hardware, like the tablet stands and POS like cash drawers that some businesses use to process Square payments. Nearly 1/2 of Square’s sellers (Square’s best estimate) find them organically or through word of mouth, rather than paid sales & marketing.

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