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Re:Lessons I learned from the failure of my first startup, D... by hayksaakian on Saturday September 06, 2014 @04:33PM (#8279380)
Maybe, but if it was your money paying their salaries, would you pay them to find out if it works on year 2?
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Re:Lessons I learned from the failure of my first startup, D... by hatethis on Saturday September 06, 2014 @07:43PM (#8279884)
This is probably another lesson: if your business isn't worth investing in for two years to look for growth, it's probably not worth investing for one either. Most real businesses start extremely small, and grow over a span of 3-5 years. Expecting a business to boom immediately is yet another symptom of misguided startup expectations.
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