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1. Your First Critical Partners
The Key People You Need For Success
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2. 1. Significant Other
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3. First, most valuable,
most influential partner in biz
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4. S.O. can make or
break your startup
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5. Startup is a baby
you’re raising together
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6. Biz should be a
shared compelling vision
you have for your lives
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7. Before you start,
get away together
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8. 2. Accountant
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9. Help with managing cashflow
and paying taxes
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10. Cash is oxygen for biz
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11. Too many fall or fail here
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12. A financial partner helps
manage this essential aspect
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13. Questions to Ask
- What will I need to do or plan for this year? (Taxes, etc)
- What financial software do you use or recommend?
- Where do you bank and why?
- What services do you typically provide businesses?
- Do you understand my business?
- Do you have clients doing similar things to what I’m doing?
- What advice & tips do you have for me to ensure
maximum success?
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14. 3. Attorney
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15. First, to setup your legal
business entity
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16. Second, to have someone to
call when an issue comes up
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17. 4. Team
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18. Whoever you need
to build & ship
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19. The Team Could Be ...
- Volunteer Team Members
- Paid Team Members
- Financial Partners
- Equity Partners
- Vendors / Suppliers
- Collaborators / Joint Venture Partners
- Consultants / Contractors
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20. 5. Mentors
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21. Outside counsel
Experienced truth teller
Not compensated
Not a team member or partner
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22. 6. Customers
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23. Everything in a startup
is an experiment to test
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24. The ultimate test is
if someone will give
you $$$ for it
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25. Never ever forget:
Customers are key partners
in your entrepreneurial dream
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