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StartupPro: How to set up and grow a tech business

You're reading from   StartupPro: How to set up and grow a tech business Practical guidance on how to turn your passion, idea, and technical skills into a successful business

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783001422
Length 238 pages
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Martin C Zwilling Martin C Zwilling
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StartupPro: How to set up and grow a tech business
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. Do You Have What It Takes to be an Entrepreneur? 2. Does Your Dream Idea Have the Potential to be a Business? FREE CHAPTER 3. When, Where, and How Do You Formalize a Technical Business? 4. Does a Technical Entrepreneur Really Need a Business Plan? 5. When and How Do You Find Funding for a Technical Business? 6. After the Funding, How Do You Survive the Execution Risks? 7. Are You Ready for All the Leadership and Team Challenges? 8. Do You Understand How Social Media is Changing the Business Landscape? 9. If You Build It, Will They Find You, and Will They Use It? 10. Can You Build the Relationships Needed to Succeed in Business?

Every business needs momentum


The overall theme of using other resources, such as a website, social media, and blogging, is to build and maintain momentum for your technical startup. Too many technical entrepreneurs confuse motion with momentum and results. We all know someone who repeatedly tells us how "busy" they are, when it's hard to see what they get done. Momentum is moving things forward (mass x velocity). Founders or employees in constant motion but with no momentum will never get off the ground.

It is true that motion in any direction is often better than no motion at all. But motion without momentum is even less productive than no motion at all. For a more complete discussion of this phenomenon, refer to the book titled Fake Work: Why People Are Working Harder than Ever but Accomplishing Less (http://www.amazon.com/Fake-Work-Working-Accomplishing-Problem/dp/1416948244), by Brent Petersen and Gaylan Neilson.

So how do you fight this and get real momentum going in your startup? Here...

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