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  <Title>Someone Has Your Same Startup Idea? Move Fast, Launch First</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Serial entrepreneur Mike Jones on the importance of moving quickly when competition is stiff.</div>
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  <Summary>Serial entrepreneur Mike Jones on the importance of moving quickly when competition is stiff.</Summary>
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  <PostedAt>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:00:41 -0400</PostedAt>
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  <Title>How Stagnation &#8212; and Pivoting &#8212; Can Crush a Startup</Title>
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        <div class="html-content">Stagnation may warrant radical change, but ‘pivots’ are too often punts -- not thoughtful, strategic redirections. Rather than undertake drastic measures in haste, startups ought to consider a regimen of constant flux.</div>
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  <Summary>Stagnation may warrant radical change, but ‘pivots’ are too often punts -- not thoughtful, strategic redirections. Rather than undertake drastic measures in haste, startups ought to consider a...</Summary>
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  <PostedAt>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:00:22 -0400</PostedAt>
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  <Title>3 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Naming Your Business</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Here's a look at three entrepreneurs who have changed company names and the lessons they learned.</div>
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  <Summary>Here's a look at three entrepreneurs who have changed company names and the lessons they learned.</Summary>
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