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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Such a team can also often do the work for you, which helps to ratchet-up your effectiveness. For example, I used to handle finances and billing the first year because I didn’t want to spend any money in hiring a financial assistant. When my motivation lags, I think about sitting across the desk from my last boss ever in 1997.

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Founders – Use Your Down Round To Clean Up Your Cap Table

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” Many companies have hired ahead of their growth rate because they had the cash to do so. I started investing in 1994 and while there was some bumpiness in 1997 and again in 1999, the real pain happened between 2000 and 2005. We entrepreneurs have been spinning that line for decades in every boom cycle. It’s simply not true.