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Top 100 Businessman - Steli Efti Share His Best Advice - 14

Steli is the CEO of Close.io, a high-powered inside sales communication platform (and my pick as the best CRM for small business) that's powered by his years of experience driving millions of dollars in sales for hundreds of venture backed Silicon Valley startups. Here's what Steli has to share as far as business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business today:

"One of the most painful and common mistakes I see first-time entrepreneurs make is that they fall in love with their own business idea."

"They'll spend months building what they believe to be the next innovative, disruptive, game-changing startup. Then they launch... and nobody buys, nobody cares, nothing happens."

"Don't fall in love with your idea, fall in love with the problem you're solving." @steli


"Don't fall in love with your business idea. Instead, fall in love with the problem you're trying to solve for your customers, and validate your business idea early on that it is a problem worth solving."
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