Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Yet in my role as a small business advisor, I still see a singular focus on achieving repeatable processes and “cookie-cutter” manufacturing. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Yet in my role as a small business advisor, I still see a singular focus on achieving repeatable processes and “cookie-cutter” manufacturing. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Yet in my role as a small business advisor, I still see a singular focus on achieving repeatable processes and “cookie-cutter” manufacturing. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. This is wrong.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2018

When a small business startup manages to secure external investment magical things happen. But before it can happen, entrepreneurs need to be aware that the benefits of investment involve assurances, sound business planning and scalability. Secondly, it needs to explain and convince its revenue potential.

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Up and Running

MAY 17, 2012

Every year, the folks at Entrepreneur Magazine name an Entrepreneur of the Year. Let’s take a look at some quick lessons you can learn from some past winners: Don’t give up: 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Lee Rhodes was a mother of three fighting lung cancer when she was inspired to start glassybaby.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But the word is out on Reuters that LinkedIn, Twitter, and maybe even Facebook are looking hard at going public this year, so all of a sudden the IPO option is back in business plans again as an exit strategy for startups. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process.

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