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8 Management Mistakes Which Will Defeat Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. Case and Gerald M.

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Leadership Mistakes Plague Every Startup Founder

Startup Professionals Musings

These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Self-Check Questions That Keep Leaders Up At Night

Startup Professionals Musings

These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Leadership Lapses Every Business Owner Must Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

These can trip up even the best, often at the cost of more than a good night’s sleep. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. Case and Gerald M.

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8 Questions Keep Great Entrepreneurs Up At Night

Startup Professionals Musings

These can and will trip up even the best, often at the cost of a good night’s sleep. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M. Case and Gerald M.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. It should have been a cause for celebration.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

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