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1001 Serial Articles for Entrepreneurs & Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. It’s been a great ride, but it’s now time to dial it back a bit, and focus on some other priorities.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

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In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back. Based on the size of the investment, and the runway available, the due diligence process can take several weeks, or even a couple of months to complete.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

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Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Start by checking the profile and credentials of investor principals on LinkedIn and industry associations. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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5 Stages of Disruption Denial Cause A Startup Dilemma

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It’s time to review the classic article on HBR “ The Five Stages of Disruption Denial ,” by Grant McCracken, comparing technology adoption to Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief: Confusion. Marketing guru Seth Godin mentioned in an article a while back that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success.”

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8 Perspectives On Innovation That You Should Discount

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Drucker outlined the key elements of this discipline, including methodically analyzing seven areas of opportunity, in a classic article on the subject. Current research indicates that innovation is a discipline, it can be maximized, measured, and managed through formal processes. Individuals who are innovators are born, not bred.

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6 Ways To Make You An Entrepreneur Before The Product

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These online interactions must be complemented by comparable offline activities, such as participation in industry conferences, mentoring, and publishing print articles to solidify and expand your reputation. Every future entrepreneur should start by networking. Make your lifestyle a model of the online reputation you want.

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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

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I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Check the setup and set the stage.