Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Most commonly, that’s uncertainty about whether you can build the product at all (what MBAs call “technical risk”) or whether anybody will use or buy it (“market risk”). For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

At every one of them I was the person who wrote the proposals, did the technical interviewed on candidates, went on sales calls with the Account Managers to make them look good and got put on troubled projects to help right the ship. So I started a gig economy job site, with a focus on transparency of pay estimates and user reviews.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Most people who bootstrap their business do it on their personal credit card and if yours are maxed out from the day you start your business you’re going nowhere fast. You also need to look at whether or not you need to update your technology skills prior to you leaving your corporate job. Then you’ve got to look at marketing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2013

A few notes: * Although it''s impossible to review a video blind (your speaking ability part of what we’re evaluating), we promise to review the written part of your application without being able to see for your name, ethnicity, sex or age. Publicists and those seeking PR and media attention should look elsewhere. *

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Gather information from government sites like the U.S. You don’t have to rely on banks and government organizations to fund your business. You could also use personal earnings and do a bit of bootstrapping as well.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

There was also an opportunity to use technology to build a much more efficient business – one that could pass savings from those efficiencies onto borrowers. When we were deciding what to call our new PR agency we started by writing down a bunch of words that describe what we do, that we felt passionate about. No one else.

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