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

maplebutter.com

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. You can start by personally emailing them and saying thanks. I send DM’s, emails, all day thanking people.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

This was also the very beginning of email. Crowdsourcing appears to be the new business model. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia. We had to order in different sizes and fonts because who could tell a priori what would work best? Are you serious?&#