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12 Important Lessons For Your Business Growth Spurt

YoungUpstarts

by Zeynep Ilgaz, co-founder and president of Confirm BioSciences and TestCountry. A good reputation and loyal customer base can save you from flopping as soon as your growth spurt starts, so continue to cater to your customers, and they will reward you. Don’t forget your customers. Never let growth overtake quality.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

management, founders, angel investors) get any money. Reputation – Equally, the investor might not be worried about squeezing out your existing VC, per se, but doesn’t want to develop a reputation as a VC with an edge. But I’m not prepared to damage my reputation for this deal.&#. Reputation.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

If you can position your product well and build a reputation for good documentation, support and usability, you will sell software. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Co-workers arent’ comfortable with commandeline/Tortoise. Market Hard.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

These are often 100% US-based at inception, but in my experience they are more likely to both open an office abroad and to sell abroad than a company without an immigrant founder. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Determined Founders. They burnt their ships behind them.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

These are often 100% US-based at inception, but in my experience they are more likely to both open an office abroad and to sell abroad than a company without an immigrant founder. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Determined Founders. They burnt their ships behind them.