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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2019

Hearpreneur

Our Goal for 2019 is to become the most contributed machine dealership in America in donations to Scholarships, Veterans and Children’s hospital. We want to give back and be part of a growing movement towards investing back into America, especially investments in manufacturing. Photo Credit: Curt Doherty. 6- Less time on learning.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Little did I know at that time that I would use some of the information to start my own business – develop a business plan, get a business license and so on. With the support of some of the OPN ladies and with the knowledge from my pre-retirement job, I launched a business writing poetry for customers.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. That is business and how it works 99% of the time. Joel Martinez.

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