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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Go vest yourself. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. It’s a pain to manage payroll, unemployment, insurance, etc in one state. Author : Jordan Cooper. Post-Mortem Title : BricaBox: Goodbye World! Company : BricaBox. Company : Boompa.com.

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Serial Entrepreneur Finds a Passion for Beauty and Customer Care

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I immediately enrolled in beauty school so that I, too, would be vested with the skills to change the quality of life for others as I had experienced first hand. Has the way you managed customers changed with each business venue you become a part of? I finally saw an esthetician and was blown away by the results.

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Kevin Rose's 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs

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7: Invest in Advisors : Give away a small amount of stock to advisors (which they can vest after a few years) who you can call on in a pickle or for general advice as issues arise. I find people hiring people they feel they can manage. The same crowd that attends the events also goes to the parties, but the parties are free.