Unrealistic budgets and miscalculating costs are the greatest risks to a growing company, especially startups. - Oren Klaff

you only have five minutes before your pitch wanders into a mental no-man’s land.

Money is never a prize; it’s a commodity, a means for getting things done. Money simply transfers economic value from place to place so that people are able to work together.

I was watching myself fall back onto the classic sales approach, with its tired old script: First become likable and build rapport, then explain “features and benefits,” next do a trial close, and then fight like an alley cat to overcome all the objections the buyer has come up with.