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6 Startup Lessons Learned By Passionate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

In my own experience with technical startup founders, I still find it hard to name one who was also good, or even interested in financials or business operations. You need a dedicated team, gleaned from your network of informal connections between family members, friends, and individual relationships with other professionals.

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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

VC Cafe

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

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Listen To the Haters So You Can Prove Them Wrong

YoungUpstarts

I never paid my dues at a corporate job. I had a husband who was gone more hours than he was home, working at a technology startup while getting his MBA at night. Less than ten years later , I had taken my healthcare tech company from a concept to a business – a business that someone wanted to buy.

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing.

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9 Messages From Sales Training May Save Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I recently found the classic sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well. Push marketing doesn’t work well today, in the age of interactive networking and peer reviews.

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Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner

Steve Blank

Huge Technical Visio n. Larry always had a 10-year technical vision that he could draw on the whiteboard or spin like a yarn. Being distributed/network ready (even though Ethernet was just barely coming into use in the enterprise). I think he was particularly skilled at applying this to the technical team. What a gift!

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. New drugs usually fall in this category, due to side-effect testing.