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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

Six months before starting our business, my wife and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with no solid plans, no place to live, and no jobs. Writing up a contract is especially important if you’re working with co-founders. See Also: How Traveling Helped Me Prepare for Startup Life. From backpackers to business owners.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. He is a highly creative game designer and idea person, and I am a very strong planner and executor. In Argentina, putting a “la” or “the” before someone’s name is a sense of endearment.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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Survey design. Everything You Need To Know About Designing Valuable Customer Surveys Survey Design 101: Choosing Survey Response Scales A Guide to Open-Ended Questions in Marketing Research Good Survey Questions: Master the Art of the Ask Leading Questions: Great for Marketing, Terrible for Research. recession in 2009.”.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

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I´ve been hiring free lancers in mexico and argentina and after one month or so they all vanish. MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Dev & Design 5 of the Best New User Experiences of. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. I don´t know what to do.

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Startup Lessons Learned

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? Take a look and let me know what you think.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Using our iPhone or Android apps or visiting Handwrytten.com, it is easy to select a card from our inventory of over 80 designs, tap out your message and select a handwriting style. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. I couldn’t sew or draw so becoming a fashion designer was out.