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EO Entrepreneurs Share Strategies for Failure-Proofing Small Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Before diving into entrepreneurship, wouldn’t it be ideal to tap into the knowledge of experienced, thriving business owners for advice on failure-proofing a new business? So much of an entrepreneur’s success relies on figuring out your true target prospect, the right pricing, and the winning product mix. marketplace.

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5 Lessons on Career Growth From a Google Exec

Entrepreneur's Handbook

From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully help you in your pursuit. This article is based on my Medium Day tal k that I held on the 12th of August. More about trust in my previous article here.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair shared some of his thoughts about building a sturdy leadership team and drafted a thorough checklist for entrepreneurs who are putting a crew together. His initial advice? Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The field is moving fast and, in this revolution, you can dance.”.

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How to Build an Effective Trial for Your Product

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Effectively, all consumer-focused products with a trial using this model (such as ​Headspace​ , ​Peleton​ , ​Spotify​ , etc.) If you’re building a consumer product right now, don’t overthink this; just use a credit card trial upfront. The best advice to early-stage companies is to default to being generous here.

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What I’ve Learned After Holding One Thousand Interviews

Entrepreneur's Handbook

I tried to split this article into two parts: Part I is focused on the interview process, what to look for in candidates and things to keep in mind before, during and after the interview and Part II is focused on pitfalls, my biggest challenge and most likely yours and the million-dollar question: “ How do I know if a hire will work out or not ?”

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. thought leadership. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. I use WordPress.

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