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Beware The Consultant

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At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…).

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

She’s opening a small deli in an office park in the Silicon Valley. When do we hire that new person? You don’t need a CPA. After the pitch, we’ll ask them for the business plan, and then we’ll use the business plan to do the due diligence. This is Magda. Have some major milestones.

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