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When Is the Right Time to Pay Yourself a Salary?

Up and Running

Though that level of restraint may mean living quite “lean” in your personal life for a while, doing so provides an opportunity to establish solid footing for your business as early as possible, so that you have at least one year to learn from the trends and sales cycles that will emerge once you’re past “break even.”

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Beware The Consultant

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To fully appreciate why consultants often do not fulfill a startup’s needs, it is important to understand the typical consulting engagement sales cycle. Very interesting article, at my Firm we share many of your insights, starting by performance based compensation (often linked to sweat equity). Launching Venture (33).

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