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8 Key Startup Drivers Bring Pleasure As Well As Sweat

Startup Professionals Musings

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

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Inspiration Without Perspiration is a Dull Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

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Most Entrepreneurs Need to be Inspired to Perspire

Startup Professionals Musings

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

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Success is More Inspiration and Less Perspiration

Startup Professionals Musings

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. A business model that works.

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These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate.

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How to Finance Your Startup: Advice from 10 Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

Sweat Equity. “I I only had a handful of money in my bank to start my business with, which was just enough to get a cheap virtual server and my domain name. This way your biggest cost is just your personal time. Some business models are more suitable for bootstrapping than others.

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Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate.