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Growing Pains: The Problems Plaguing Startups and How to Solve Them

Hubspot

In the months leading up to the launch of my business, I joined a startup accelerator and got a contract for a new investment fund through that. How can you prove to new clients that they should invest in you? As a freelancer, my skills are my product and it was tough getting good clients (emphasis on good) to hire me.

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Self-Employed: What You Need to Know to Be Your Own Boss

Hubspot

For those who are self-employed in the agricultural space, jobs are expected to decline by 3% over the next decade. For those whose income depends on their ability to sign clients or sell products that don’t yet have a strong customer base, earnings can fluctuate greatly during a slow month or off-season. Cons of Being Self-Employed.

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So people were paying people to take their futures contracts. That means specifically they’re going to cancel contracts. The reason for that is most people have annual contracts and they haven’t come up for renewal yet. So the ability for people to store oil doesn’t exist. Why is financing hard right now?

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How to market in the age of outrage

Martech

We have clients that feel that marketing during a certain unfavorable climate is too risky. As former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower once said, “There’s nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.” Reducing climate impacts (20%). Say nothing?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

How are you and how have you been advising your clients on this hybrid strategy? One of our clients has over 500 employees with offices around the world, right? Justin Bedecarre: So, even within some of our clients, they’re thinking about what their employees want in any given market.