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What Should You Do If Someone Tries to Challenge You

Just move on. This also applies in sales whenever someone is not convinced by what you have to offer. You shouldn't hang on and try to convince one person. It may be tempting for yourself, but not good for business.

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Startup advice from Justin Kan, Stephanie Hulburt, and Naval ·

Build Your SaaS – bootstrapping in 2019

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