www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. Copyright © 2000 inc.com. Email address: Home.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were!

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

In the ’80s, Cuban worked as a salesman at a computer store, but found himself more interested in working on computers and developing business plans rather than manning a cash register and sweeping the floors. Mark Cuban wasn’t always a successful Internet mogul and NBA owner. Michael Bloomberg. Michael Bloomberg. Anna Wintour.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 27, 2019

What is the lifeline of your business? The people behind your company who you employ or partner with will determine whether your business succeeds or fails. Instead, it’s quite common for these businesses to be hit hard by hacks because criminals rightly assume, they won’t have the full security systems in place.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

With the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, risk-averse investors wanted to invest in more than just a business plan – they wanted to see real customers and real revenue before they stumped up the money. Raising money when they were just starting – in the middle of a recession – was one of them. Just Do It.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2016

A more experienced partner can provide a wealth of new perspectives and unlock possibilities for your company that you could never dream of. He joined the New York City-based company in 2000 as its first salesperson and quickly rose to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

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Up and Running

APRIL 4, 2014

million ad featured in the 2000 Superbowl. And…the company was out of business later that year. Part of the problem was that the company bought into its own hype, but the bigger sin was that Pets.com’s owners—Hummer Winblad Venture Partners—ignored the fundamentals. What Went Wrong? Even a sock puppet knows that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into an organization, they’ve got 2000 names of people that have bought products from and they’ve never sent him a thing. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. This was the beginning of the dot com bust and getting a consumer deal through the partners at my venture firm was next to impossible.

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BeyondVC

JUNE 3, 2006

I recently sat in a presentation which a portfolio company CEO gave for a potential strategic partner. He first started out with a two minute explanation of the business and then insisted on diving into the demo. Sure enough, our prospective partner started naming several companies asking us how we differed from them.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I saw a business plan for a high-end boutique for men’s underwear, catering mainly to the wives and partners and significant others of relatively well-to-do men. What if a fashion dies and your business is still around? It happens a lot. If they’d have called it Victor’s Secret, it would have been legal.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

There were over 2000 participants and around 100 speakers from all over the world. Do companies know what your business actually is? Sometimes the market is beyond your control, so don’t worry about that, do what you are doing an execute your business plan. Larry: “We [NYSE Euronext] get priced like a bank.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. What is your advice for dealing with criticism when starting/launching a new business or coming up with an idea? Should the idea or business be kept secret? No investor cares about a business plan.

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