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Building a Business, Part 4: The precise measure of finance and leadership
In his Building a Business series, Nikolaus Kimla has shown us we need to start off with a cause. Following that, you need a technical team. The next step—as it did in Nikolaus’s case—might require a very bold move. Now we move into some very important areas, in which mistakes could cost you your business.…
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Building a Business, Part 3: Sometimes it takes a very bold move
If you’ve been following the story of the building of my business, then you know that, for me, the very bold move was bringing my company headquarters to America. This may not sound so bold—many have made moves like this. But for me it was quite different. I was over 50-years-old, and in my country…
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Building a Business, Part 2: Build the right team
As noted in the first article in this series, to build a company you need a vision. In our case, we found a crucial need: salespeople all over the world had a resounding complaint: “CRM sucks!” Our vision was to build a CRM application that actually empowered salespeople. The First Requirement Having our vision, we…
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Building a Business, Part 1: It starts with a dream…
When people think about starting a business, they rarely think of factors in the order that they need to occur. If you attempt to simply found a business without having done these things in order, I can pretty much guarantee that you’ll fail. To start with, it takes the right motivation. Often this isn’t the…