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How To Survive The Loss Of A Main Customer

YoungUpstarts

When it occurs, the consequences can be swift and devastating, wreaking potential havoc on a once steady stream of revenue. In the early stages, it isn’t uncommon for businesses to bank their earnings on a handful of customers (or sometimes, just one). Rarely does a customer call it quits without sending some warning signs.

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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

In his tenure as CEO of DataSift we have never missed a monthly revenue figure. He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Between Board Meetings. The Agile Board.

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More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers

Startup Professionals Musings

Often the Boomer is more willing to work for equity, and easily convinced to step aside when revenues reach that next threshold. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Build qualified advisory board. If you can convince a couple of domain experts, or a couple of experienced executives to join your board and be your advocate, that’s traction. Only real results count.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?