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Life is too short to work with people you don’t like – especially in a startup.
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Every day is a new contract between startups and their employees.
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The lesson is this: don’t recruit to make an investor happy. Recruit to build a great startup.
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The difference between evangelists and most people is that evangelists have the best interests of others at heart. They believe in their product so much that they want others to use it too.
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As a startup, you can’t be picky or proud.
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The most difficult barriers that startups face are inertia and a reliance on the status quo.
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Good partnerships should accelerate cash flow, increase revenue, and reduce costs.
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To make your startup last, don’t depend on the people at the top.
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If you started a lousy company, money won’t help. If you started a great company, you won’t need to use money, and bringing money into the picture may undermine your efforts.
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…exposing people to money affects their attitudes and [indicates] that extrinsic rewards are not effective to make your startup endure.
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