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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. No investor cares about a business plan. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

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On the other hand, with a well-written and well-designed business plan you can market your company to venture capitalists and hit the ground running, with a fully staffed design studio. Crowdsourcing appears to be the new business model. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia.