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Survival Checklist For New Solopreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Hone your elevator pitch, not your sales pitch. An elevator pitch, unlike a sales pitch, is the one you’ll trot out when you look to convert conversations into clientele. Serial entrepreneur Donovan Janus started his first company NTN Publishing in 1998, and started Exposure Manager in 2004.

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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Israeli startups deliver #NoMatterWhat I’ve started VC Cafe in December of 2004. Now, 150 days after October 7th, the Israeli startup ecosystem is once again in a tough spot.

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Do You Need a Business Plan? Scientific Research Says Yes

Up and Running

Even if all you do is build out a simple elevator pitch to try your idea on for size, it will help you begin the conversation with potential customers and kick-start your business. Action: Start the planning process early. Planning makes you more likely to start your business. Department of Economics. University of Oregon.

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Business Planning Makes You More Successful, and We’ve Got the Science to Prove It

Up and Running

Even if all you do is build out a simple elevator pitch to try your idea on for size, it will help you begin the conversation with potential customers and kick-start your business. Action: Start the planning process early. Planning makes you more likely to start your business. Department of Economics. University of Oregon.