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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2014

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ISBN-13 9781783001422

Length 238 pages

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Business Management

Author (1):

Martin C Zwilling

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

StartupPro: How to set up and grow a tech business

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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?

Why you need business relationships with many others

After your relationship is set with the right co-founders and the startup team, it's time to expand your efforts to the many other key players required to build a successful business. These would include investors, lawyers, vendors, outside partners, and customers.

You won't have the time to carefully craft and nurture each of these relationships, so it's time to kick your relationship building capabilities up a notch. You need to learn the strategies to quickly assess new people and demonstrate the characteristics of a good partner very quickly to them.

Jan Yager, PhD, an author and speaker on this and related subjects, outlines well the requirements for good business relationships in Productive Relationships: 57 Strategies for Building Stronger Business Connections, Hannacroix Creek Books (http://www.amazon.com/Productive-Relationships-Strategies-Building-Connections/dp/1889262633). From my experience and hers, here are ten top relationship...