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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). About a third of them have already closed their businesses, or will do so soon. The last third seems like they will make it.

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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

Both Sides of the Table

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. Delaying going out of business gives you way more chances at product / market fit than any other strategy I know of. Startup Advice'

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The best way to grow your tech career? Treat it like an app

TechCrunch

As CTO, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper Networks ' technology strategy through the execution of the company’s innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, mobile edge cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration and hybrid cloud. Raj Yavatkar. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Hyper Competitive & Hate Losing

Both Sides of the Table

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. She brought her key team members and emphasized why their strategy was so much better than Company A and other players in the market. If you’re way better than me, I’m probably not playing.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. I HATE LOSING. I hate it.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. In the corporate world this strategy is flawed. Tags: Startup Advice.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. To ensure mutual compatibility, your goals and incentives should be aligned with that of the private equity or VC fund, as well as the timeline for realizing them and exit strategy. This strategy is even more prevalent in larger deals. Want to Join a Corporate Board?