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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided.  Yet amidst all the partisan cheerleading and name-calling, there has been some discussion of substance.  One particular four-letter word has […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
8 Nov 2012
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What is an effective “pre-incorporation-agreement” between possible founders of a startup?

The bottom line is that the very question you are asking is one of the trickiest things of all when it comes to startup founding.  On the one hand, if you DON’T make things explicitly clear up front, you are just begging for a future disaster by ‘kicking the can down the road’. On the […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
8 Nov 2012
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7 Keys to Positioning Your Competitors to Investors

Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. What you say speaks volumes about how you think about your startup, how smart you are, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
5 Nov 2012
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What are the downsides of communicating a key differentiation in your name?

One reason is that because of rapidly changing nature of business, today’s competitive advantage can easily become tomorrow’s disadvantage…or at least irrelevancy. Think about how useful the name Tote.com would be for a shopping site developing a social-sharing universal shopping bag/cart. Pretty cool, huh? But what happens when that doesn’t work particularly well so they pivot to […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
1 Nov 2012
Scaling up? Here’s when an option plan can help

Great Startup Teams Foster a Culture of Likability

You don’t have to be likeable to everyone to be a great entrepreneur, just to the people who count. Of course, we can all point to apparent exceptions, like Ted Turner or Larry Ellison, who are sometimes seen as lions, downright predators, or even jerks. Yet I’m told that even these guys are considered quite likable by […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
28 Oct 2012
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