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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #15: The fallacy of risk in entrepreneurship

Austin Startup

Speak with potential customers, speak with industry experts, speak with potential partners?—?validate Editor’s note: Since I wrote this, Compare Metrics was renamed Edgecase and was acquired by GroupBy in Canada. And Dean became our first Advisory Board member of many. I’m also a product of bootstrapped entrepreneurs?—?my

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Three Types Of Startup Advisors You Might Not Have Thought About (But Will Help You Win)

Hunter Walker

The “Customer Council” Advisor. A sales and marketing tactic as much (or even more) than a customer development one, try setting up a Customer Council Advisory Board. They’re hiring in a variety of roles across US, Canada, Europe and Remote. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. I became a full-time entrepreneur in 2015 and since then, I was able to immigrate from Europe to Canada, obtain a visa for the U.S., The reasons are as varied as the businesses themselves.

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Episode 63: Financing and Profitability with Rev. Dr. K. Bill Dost

Mike Michalowicz

In the year 2000 in Canada he started D&D Leasing to service the entrepreneurial segment of the SME field and expanded into the UK in 2009 when he opened D&D Leasing UK Ltd. His past board experience has includes a nine year period as an Advisory Board Member for Liberty International Church. Show Links.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So Leon and I have met numerous times, about marketing strategy and the music one is that developed after Chicago became a customer. He’s a conduit to it and first of all he’s a perfect customer for this. And please tweet your thanks to Software Promotions for sponsoring Smart Bear Live! Dan: Ramit. Jason: Ramit.

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