Startup Professionals Musings

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9 Success Principles To Propel Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Minimize one-time sales in your business model. You need a stable customer base with an automatically renewing revenue stream, such as the subscription model. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage. Your solution must have value for every customer.

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5 Startup Cost Realities Most Founders Underestimate

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Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Unfortunately, even today, building a good product doesn’t guarantee you a business. Unanticipated pivots, quality write-offs, and shrinkage.

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