Accelerate Your Startup: Tuning the Engine
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This article was originally published as part of a series of posts on GigaOm.
As a VC and five-time entrepreneur, I frequently see two common mistakes being made by startups:
- Companies spend too much attempting to grow the business
Setting the Startup Accelerator Pedal
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Startups frequently make one of two mistakes: spending too much money, or spending too little money. A key job of the CEO is knowing where to set the startup accelerator pedal. In a recent series of three blog posts published …