Growth vs. Profit? What Should Rising Startups Focus on First?

This really is not a simple question to answer. There are so many nuances that go into assessing the right answer:

• What is going on with the economy?
• How liquid is the fundraising climate?
• Are you B2B or B2C?
• Are you the first mover?
• How defensible is your business, with patents, product complexity or otherwise?
• What are your competitors doing?
• How big is the market opportunity?
• How quickly is it emerging?
• Are you trying to dominate the world, or build a nice lifestyle business?
• Are you venture-backed, or privately owned?

So, in light of all these moving pieces, I will do my best to layout some high level guidance.

Read the rest of this post in The Next Web, which I guest authored this week.

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