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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business.

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13 Not-So-Obvious Ways You’re Bombing Your Investor Interview (Do This Instead)

Austin Startup

Your Team Doesn’t Show Up (In Person) Part of our evaluation process is getting to know a founder’s level of grit, leadership skills, operational skills, jerk factor, and more. You assume the decision-maker is the Managing Partner, because they’re the boss. As Sputnik ATX Partner, Joe Merrill says, perfection is the enemy of execution.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My grandfather was a successful business owner and mentored me at an early age as we partnered in a vegetable garden/retail business during the summer months. From being frustrated with my lack of trust in the system, something really amazing happened and we met all these wonderful placement partners and of course clients to help the animals!

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Here are our core operating principles: - Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. My partner John Frankel has a strong interest in architectural design, which the office also incorporates. Almost all of our ideas cost the same or less than setting up a conventional office.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

BHAG is one day be able to truly focus on what is ahead and its achievability and aim to change my goals always to stay relevant to my customers, employees, market, partners, investors and the society. I have some personal travel goals as well – I want to build a raft and sail from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.