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Starting A Business
How do you stand out?
Here are three rules for start-ups.
- First, have a differentiated product or service -- one
that can capture mind share. Find a beachfront property
in an area that's not already crowded.
- Second, obtain capital of the highest quality, so that
your money will open doors for you. Sign up with venture
capitalists that have the best track records and the most-recognized
brands. Investors today are savvy about recognizing the
money behind a company. And get as much capital as you
can early on, so that later you won't have to worry about
having enough money. Go to the private as well as the public
market, and do both an initial round and a follow-up round.
- Third, show that your company is able to evolve. If you're
a commerce company, you want to show the lifetime value
of each of your customers -- and the expected growth rate
of your business, based on the number of customers that
you have. And once you're established, you have to go beyond
business as usual. You need to keep creating new initiatives
for people to latch onto.
You must also ensure that you do not have a problem with
not making money during your first few years in business.
It doesn't do any good to be profitable in the first year
if you're not going to be around later. You're running a
marathon -- so remember to focus on whether your company
can stay in the race.
If you are starting-up-a-business you must plan to succeed
otherwise you will be planning to fail.
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