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Failing Forward

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by Eric | Jan 5, 2011, 10:38am EST

Failure like fear have for many of us been the great barriers to the new and better. Now put “Fear and Failure” together, and you have a truly scary scenario. Does “failure” really have to create fear and if not, what can we do about it? Failure can and should be an amazing teacher. I [...]

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Steve Jobs on Product Releases

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by Eric | Jan 4, 2011, 9:05am EST

Back in December I wrote a piece on “When to Launch Your Startup.”  Later I was reading my Twitter feed on Xydo and came across this quote from Steve Jobs. “In certain cases my weaknesses are that I’m too idealistic. Realize that sometimes best is the enemy of better. Sometimes I go for “best” when [...]

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When to Launch Your Startup?

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by Eric | Dec 10, 2010, 12:18pm EST

Launching a startup is always a bit of a gut wrench. We all have this idea of what perfection represents. We know that to be successful, we are going to recruit people we know. Our release, in no small way, represents a reflection on our professionalism. Yet, we know we have to get in the [...]

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Startup Company Networking

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by Eric | Oct 22, 2010, 10:37am EST

Networking is an absolute must for the early stage startup.  Often at the Roach Post I end up writing articles that I think I too need work on, and this is no exception.  I think of all the mistakes I have made in business over my career, the greatest is in that I have failed [...]

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Startup Sales: Overcoming Yourself to Win

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by Eric | Oct 1, 2010, 8:40am EST

Startup Sales.  Today, I would like to tell you the story of a friend of mine who works and does very well in sales.  Let’s call him Phil.  Phil works in the financial services industry selling financial planning.  For those of you like me that grew up in the financial services industry, we all know that [...]

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Startup Lessons From a CFO

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by Eric | Sep 29, 2010, 7:57am EST

Starting a business is all about balance.  When we focus on creating a new company, we often begin by creating a product and then we focus on how to make it viable.  Although making a product can be very fun and challenging, making money can often be real work. Recently, I was reading an article [...]

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Startup Funding: What Exactly Not to Say

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by Eric | Sep 2, 2010, 7:00am EST

Funding a startup is tough business.  I have written in the past lots of articles on what to say as well as what to include. Additionally, I wrote a piece back in Feburary entitled: “Startup Business Plan — How an Investor will Evaluate “Your” plan.” Today, I’d like to include an article penned by Cynthia [...]

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