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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

I had been doing B2B sales for several years, and I was really good at it. I loved learning and practicing persuasion, negotiation techniques and networking. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. The real estate and tourism in Panama were booming.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately.