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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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5 Ways A Startup Benefits From Dual Partner Strengths

Startup Professionals Musings

My bottom-line recommendation and theirs is that every visionary entrepreneur needs to be matched with a cofounder or key team member who has the required execution attributes. Balance here comes again from the operational expert, who is very good at leading, managing, and holding people accountable. Marty Zwilling

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How to Pick a Partner Who Will Amplify Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner. Outside of work is where you can best evaluate the chemistry match, and decide whether you can enjoy and learn from the relationship.

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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

Today, Mark Attanasio gets to flex his full range of expertise and interests as co-founder and Managing Partner of Hillcrest Merchant Partners, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on early stage and mid market growth companies. Study them through their websites and the business media to ensure a good match.

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5 Reasons Two Founders As A Team Are Better Than One

Startup Professionals Musings

My bottom-line recommendation and theirs is that every visionary entrepreneur needs to be matched with a cofounder or key team member who has the required execution attributes. Balance here comes again from the operational expert, who is very good at leading, managing, and holding people accountable. Marty Zwilling.

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