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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. For life sciences it was the Genentech IPO in 1980 that proved to investors that life science startups could make them a ton of money. The founders. Finally the board would fire the VP of sales.

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