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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates).

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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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6 Growth Barriers Most Startups Don’t See Coming

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm. An expanding customer base demands better support.

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Sundance and a movie about a web pioneer you may have never heard of

BeyondVC

.  As a VC, you couldn't believe them, but it didn't stop every entrepreneur from using the hockey stick projections in their business plans.    Anyway, he went to start Pseudo.com, one of the first production companies for webisodes and streaming media