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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

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I’ve been too busy working on a lawn mowing startup in Brisbane Australia, more than 7,000 miles away. Pay attention to your metrics, because a company will build what the CEO measures. What I fell in love with was Sam’s How To Start A Startup class at Stanford. The interesting thing is that I’ve never even been to Stanford.

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

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These metrics show the progress you’re making to determine if you are on or off track. While studying abroad in Australia, a friend mentioned he had hauled away an old refrigerator for a hundred bucks. We started franchising and slowly expanded from Fairfield County in Connecticut over to New York.