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A brief moment of optimism from an otherwise glass ยฝ empty kind of CFOโ€ฆ Why Your Startup Will Succeed! www.startupcfo.ca
YOU SERVE A REAL NEED Copyright ยฉ 2009- Mark MacLeod Thisโ€ฆ Not thisโ€ฆ You provide real value to your users. If you don't do this, stop reading, because you WILL fail
YOU KNOW WHAT MATTERS Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod You spend all your time improving the experience and engaging users :  There's no magic secret. You just need to hustle. Constantly improve (i.e. simplify) the user experience. Constantly reach out to users. Listen to them. Talk to them. Turn them into ambassadors.
WEโ€™RE AL THE SAME! Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod These guys were all nobodies before they became somebodies .
SMART MONEY IS INVESTING Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod Who's the smartest investor around? Warren Buffet. What's he doing? Putting billions of $ to work.  Smart investors are active - NOW!
YOU DONโ€™T NEED VC$ ,[object Object],Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod
NOBODY KNOWS ANYWAY! Copyright ยฉ 2008 - Mark MacLeod Nobody knows which startup will succeed or fail. Remember, Skype was turned down by over 40 VCs before it went on to exit for more than $2B.
YOUโ€™RE AN ENTREPENEUR ! ,[object Object],[object Object],Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod
YOUโ€™RE PASSIONATE! ,[object Object],[object Object],Copyright ยฉ 2009 - Mark MacLeod
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