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Lies that Losers Tell

Ben's Blog

We have a very high churn rate, but as soon as we turn on email marketing to our user base, people will come back” – Yes, of course. When the facts don’t align with the good news, a clever manager will find the narrative to make everybody feel better—until the next meeting. “We

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. What is the success rate for first time entrepreneurs? This has presented a problem of the decision makers at resorts balking on spending 50K+ on an unproven idea, although we did a beta test around 2000 with 3 mountains that went well.