Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Early or embryonic stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Early or embryonic stage.

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Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. People would only get paid if the candidates got hired.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 24, 2021

An exit strategy is essential for every business. Think of it as when you want to know the exits of every building before you go inside. Additionally, bootstrapping is a great way to start your venture on low cash. For example, hiring and firing should always follow labor laws. Meet Legal Requirements.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2016

The importance of this is that it sets the foundations for the many discussions you will have with your funder on all topics from new product launches, to major capital spend, to key hiring decisions. For example, for equity investors in particular, you need to have similar views on an exit strategy.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

Even if you are bootstrapping the business, and not looking for outside investors, the “rules of thumb” that smart investors look for should be the same ones that you use to assess your own risks and set reasonable expectations for progress and success. Define an exit strategy for investors to liquidate their share.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Funding is crucial for improving technology, hiring the right people, and launching a comprehensive marketing strategy to get a foothold in the market. Calculate how much money you will need to for the necessary production, training, hiring, marketing, and automation to create a viable financial model. Venture capital.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

There are plenty of folks who wouldn’t sell their company for a billion dollars; Jason Fried and Joel Spolsky are public examples from the bootstrapped startup world. For example, If you’re sick of being the CEO but would love to continue hacking on the code, it’s actually OK to hire a CEO and just hack on code.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

I recently helped a friend broker the sale of his small, bootstrapped company. To hire key employees. Otherwise they have a lot of planning and hiring to do before the project has a decent velocity, which could take 6-18 months. I recently helped a friend broker the sale of his small, bootstrapped company.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Smart teams understand quickly that all three skills are essential - if you can't recognize the need, you won't be able to hire for it or value it. Spencer Fry , Founder of two bootstrapped companies. Later you would look to enhance that with key hires in tech, design, sales and operations. The former focussed on biz.

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