A Startup Needs This Kind Of Compass For Growth

An Example Of Real Time Advice Meets Real World Execution

4 min readJan 28, 2022

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Every so often, I talk about the lessons I learn from running the startup I’ve created around delivering startup advice. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. It’s actually a little bit crazier, but in a really satisfying way.

Joe Procopio

Written by Joe Procopio

Multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. NLG pioneer & eService expert. Building TeachingStartup.com & GetSpiffy.com. Uncommon founder. More at joeprocopio.com

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