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Wil Discusses Ideas and Solutions with Jim Canterucci (Part
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 1, 2008
...In this episode, Wil discusses with Jim of MyPersonalBrilliance.com his formula to create an innovate company. Wil also explains how questioning your  [more]
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Wil Discusses Success with Jim Canterucci (Part 1 of 4)
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
...Wil Schroter discusses with Jim Canterucci of MyPersonalBrilliance.com his definition of success and the difficulties of evaluating the market for [more]
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Not all Employee Attrition is a Bad Thing
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, April 7, 2008
... Sooner or later, no matter how sweet your new startup company is, someone is going to hand in their resignation. It could be the gal you’ve been working with since the day you founded the company, or the person you hired last week. [more]
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What Startups Don’t Need to Spend Money On
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
...I’m not proud to admit it, but I’ve made some dumb business purchases during my career and now I’m ready to come clean. [more]
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What if every Entrepreneur had to tell the Truth?
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
...In the movie Liar Liar, Jim Carrey plays attorney Fletcher Reede, who’s been cursed with the inability to lie. Every attempt Fletcher makes to lie results in him blurting out the God’s honest truth instead.  [more]
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Using the Connections You Make Can Help You Get What You Wan
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
...There is a great book authored by a friend of mine, Keith Ferrazzi, called “Never Eat Alone”. In it, he talks about the power of relationships to get where you want in life. He also talks about the power of gratitude.  [more]
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Going Public in Canada - Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO
Author: Delilah Panio
Thursday, February 7, 2008
...Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO of Hostopia.com Inc on how to make it as a public company in the U.S. north of the border. [more]
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What a Startup Company Founder’s Priority List Looks Like
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
...Leading a startup company is nothing like leading a big, established company. Startups are focused foremost on survival, while big companies direct [more]
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Don’t Ever Say “I want to be an entrepreneur”
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
...People want to be firemen, policewomen, and teachers. They don’t ever say they want to be an entrepreneur. Why is this? My take is you either are or you aren’t. [more]
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Competitive Advantage – One of the most important things in
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
...Recently I was asked to define the one thing that’s most important to a business. My answer is two words: competitive advantage. [more]
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Overcome Customer Risk Aversion
Thursday, December 27, 2007
...Recently I wrote a piece about how to get The First Five Customers, which are so critical for a B2B business. One of the main issues addressed in [more]
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Focus on Your Strengths, Don’t Fix Weaknesses
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, December 17, 2007
...There’s a lot of advice out there that goes against the grain when it comes to what you’re good at. Most people will tell you  [more]
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Inspiration Versus Perspiration
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
...Thomas Edison’s famous quote, “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration” is the embodiment of a startup. There is often a lot said about the  [more]
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Family Life and Startup Life Don’t Mix
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
...While starting a company is hard, starting a company when you’re married with children is even more difficult. After having started and run five [more]
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10 Tips to Recruit a Co-Founder
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, December 10, 2007
...Back in my high school days, I did a lot of sales work at Verizon, Sprint, Sears, Radioshack, Target, and my own service-driven startups. I’ve held th [more]
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Always Have a Customer Lined Up
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
...Customers are obviously the only reason your business exists, or will exist, or will continue to exist. I mentioned before in What’s In It for Them [more]
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The First Five Customers
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
...Business to Business (B2B) startups can have an easier time getting funded than other types of businesses, most notably Business to Consumer (B2C) on [more]
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Compress Time by Outsourcing
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
...We speak to a lot of entrepreneurs like you every day. One of the questions we like to ask is – “What’s keeping you up at night?” [more]
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Achieving Early High-Tech Startup Marketing & Sales Success
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, October 22, 2007
...Have you ever wondered what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture? As an entrepreneur, I’ve always wondered how it happens. [more]
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Introducing Guest Bloggers On Go BIG
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
...Introduction to your new guest bloggers on the Go BIG Network.  [more]
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How to Keep your Rookie Startup Company from Riding the Benc
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
...The formative years of a startup company are like an aspiring sports rookie about to go pro. All of their potential is still ahead of them, and they  [more]
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Think Twice About Taking a Smaller Piece of a Bigger Pie
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, July 26, 2007
...If you’re an entrepreneur currently considering selling or merging your company into a larger entity, you’ve invariably heard the phrase, “It’s better [more]
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Five Ways to Move your Startup Forward without Cash
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
...OK, so no one has written you a check to fund your startup.  What are you doing while you're waiting for that check? If the answer is "nothing" a [more]
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You Only Need to Build a $3 Million Company (Part 2)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, June 1, 2007
...In the last post I discussed how making $1 million in net income on a company with $3 million in revenues would make life pretty amazing.  I'm ho [more]
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It's Time to Call your Biggest Customer
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, May 21, 2007
...Isn't it strange that no matter what industry you are in, from selling photo copiers to selling pharmaceuticals, to selling kid's toys, there's always [more]
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You Are NOT the Anything-Killer Until You Actually Kill Some
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
...Ten years from now when we reminisce about the 00's and laugh about Web 2.0 companies, one of the lamest company pitches we are going to remember is t [more]
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When Times are Great, Work Harder
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
...Most of us bust our asses so that when we can finally get over the hump of not getting paid, not seeing our friends/family, and not sleeping for more  [more]
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Stop Screwing Around and Focus, Will Ya?
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 3, 2007
...Alright, enough of this "I have ten idea I'm working on" crap. You'll be lucky if you can get one idea to work successfully, why in the world would yo [more]
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How to Test Whether or not to Take on a Partner
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
... There are countless examples of highly successful business partnerships. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer. Bill Gates and Paul All [more]
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