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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. One of them is profitability.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

I stole the ideas for my first startups from other people. What I’m saying is, I’m wholly unqualified to offer startup advice. He says they both realized the future of the voiceover industry was in digital, even while (ironically) penning the idea for their startup on a decidedly analog surface. We thought, “Hey, we can do that!”

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[Event] Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 To Hit Record 123 Countries

YoungUpstarts

In the United States alone, over 1,400 organizations – including top universities, non-profit organizations, startups, government agencies and corporate sponsors – will host Global Entrepreneurship Week events, Nov. 14 – 20, 2011. during Global Entrepreneurship Week include: Startup Weekend: Twenty U.S.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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4 Best Websites to Apply for Acceleration and Incubation Programs

Kodorra

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur. I didn’t sleep much back then. And so it goes again.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. The Truth About Building Startups from msuster. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur.

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