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In its emptiness, there is the function of a startup

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Lao Tzu suggests the answer is “yes,” because the functionality of the ship — the “emptiness” created by those boards — is the essence of the ship. Is a company of 2 people and 150 customers the “same company” as with 150 people and 25,000 customers? What about a startup?

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[Review] The Sales Bible

YoungUpstarts

Touted as “The Ultimate Sales Resource”, this comprehensive volume covers topics like introductions, networking, cold calls, relationship building, humour, handling objections, customer service, competition, motivation and closing. ” – Lao Tzu. Some of the lessons in that chapter are classic.

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A Startup is Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company

Steve Blank

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu. The founders believe they have a big idea – one that can grow to $100 million or more in annual revenue—by either disrupting an existing market and taking customers from existing companies or creating a new market. would be inside the box to the left.

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the world without altgate

Altgate

  This feature is rumored to be in development but I couldn't get it even with the custom reporting.    You can see which page they left from but not where they went.    Anyone have tips on this? Bookmark the permalink.