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Does Your Startup Need To Hire A Cto Or Contractor 4b0ad4399e944f467266a5265b3eb6a70a992ae777ccfdaf6ac24ae2acd49bec

8 Attributes of a Real Entrepreneur That Run Deep

Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and his team. A winning startup is a team of entrepreneurs who build and run the business as an extension of who they are, rather than some extrapolation of the Google or Facebook model. It’s not so easy to fake the important attributes when the […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
28 May 2012
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Reflection on Local Angel Investment From Inside Out

This is a good time to reflect on my experience with locally based angel investment. I just finished with the fourth of our annual angel investment event for my local group based in Eugene and Corvallis, Oregon. I’ve been an investing member since the group — the Willamette Angel Conference, nicknamed (ugh) the WAC — started. […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
22 May 2012
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Investors Reject Plans With No Clear Business Model

For survival, the objective of every business should be to bring in revenues which exceed their costs. Even non-profits have to do this to cover overhead costs, unless they rely totally on donations. Yet I continue to see business plans, or even talk to founders, and can’t find the specifics of the business model anywhere. […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
20 May 2012
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What do Investors Want? Maybe What the World Needs?

Try this: take a step back from your phone, your FaceBook, and your daily routine, clear your mind, and think about the large-scale institutions that need change. What markets to disrupt? It’s going on three years since Fred Wilson of AVC did this excellent Google talk on disruption. What markets really need disruption? He said consumer […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
15 May 2012
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7 Reasons for Entrepreneurs to ‘First Know Thyself’

If you are going to be a real entrepreneur, it’s important that you know yourself well. After all, you won’t have a direct manager charged with giving you feedback, and your team probably will be afraid to tell you what they really think. Entrepreneurs need to recognize their own strengths and limitations. In any case, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
14 May 2012
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