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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

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How to Hire a Chief Technology Officer

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

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); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. How do you determine who’s right for your company?

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

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Business plans sit in boxes or on hard drives as their creators wait for the right conditions: funding, free time, better economic conditions. And when you’re bootstrapping a business, a mistake can be even more costly than not leveraging a chance for advancement. Thinking Aloud business risk risk Tom Panaggio'

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How I Pivoted My Startup 3 Times to Find Success

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This is a look at how CallHub has evolved out of three business pivots—what we learned, where we went wrong, and how we finally got it right. See Also: 6 Business Idea Validation Tactics to Improve Your Business Planning. Starting the journey with a community tool. That is how CallHub took form. How did it help?

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Your Business “Driving Force”

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