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How do you compete with a startup doing the same thing as you?

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 by Paul O'Brien

Also known as Cheaper / Better / Faster, you get to pick two. How do you compete with a startup doing the same thing as you? You study them. It’s called Marketing. That’s what Marketing actually is, too many think it means promotion or advertising. see: Is Advertising Marketing? The Best Marketing Advice to Give a Startup

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The Networking to do BEFORE you Startup

Monday, 18 March 2019 by Paul O'Brien

A simple list of five. The FIVE groups of people to start networking before you start anything… Toward investors. Start now. Getting know them before you need them. Get to know those who will likely support what you’re doing. They’re advisors so they can invest, not banks that are just there for capital. With potential

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Before You Start, Define the Outcome

Sunday, 10 March 2019 by Paul O'Brien

How do you determine when your business is going to be successful? When it meets your definition of success. Many, I’ve found, start businesses thinking forward; the test and validate, customer feedback oriented development. I have a hypothesis or a business I want to start, what do I do first? That’s generally actually bad idea because every

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So That Incubator Turned You Down… Now What?

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 by Paul O'Brien

Get back to work. I was asked recently, If a startup is turned down by an accelerator program, should the founders take it as a sign to move onto something else? Taken back a bit, the popularity of the question astounded me. Is the acceptance of a startup program really that influential to some entrepreneurs? What

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Startups: When to Quit

Monday, 04 February 2019 by Paul O'Brien

Here’s the hard truth, since you’re here, since you’re asking when to quit a startup, the answer is now. Because you asked. Truly. That’s the answer. Most Startups fail and they actually fail not for all the reasons cited but rather merely because the founding team doesn’t have their heart in it any more. Your

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From Automobile to Innovation – Stories of Entrepreneurship

Sunday, 13 January 2019 by Paul O'Brien

I didn’t grow up around incredible cars, nor in a family of enthusiasts, but a few of my earliest and fondest memories involve automobiles. The first was as a child, being driven to school by mom, when she shared a passing anecdote that she had always wanted to be a race car driver (that story

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How Some Startups are Able to Attract Venture Capital Though They’ve Just Begun

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 by Paul O'Brien

Three things matter most to investors. THREE. You read a ton of content about validation, MVP, customers, revenue, etc. All of those perspective are platitudes; they’re meant to inspire you that you CAN or teach you how you MIGHT. End of the day, three things matter, period: Outcome. Can this exit? Will it? No ROI

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