That's not to say the start up phase isn't challenging in its own right.

这并不是说起步阶段没有挑战性。

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Talk to a franchisee in the start-up phase to assess how much support he or she is receiving from the franchisor.

要和处在开始阶段的经销商聊聊，评估一下他或她从授权人那里得到多少支持。

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Thus, the start-up phase isn't merely contentious, it's also thankless - there are few visible results for all of the hard work.

因此，在这个开始的阶段里不仅仅容易引起争议，还会让贡献内容的人感到吃亏不讨好，因为所有这些艰苦的工作都几乎看不到什么结果。

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She recognizes that if she is to eventually step out of the business, her son needs to be fully involved even during the start up phase.

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Here are five reasons that working from home is appealing, especially for companies in the start-up phase.

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That figure represents an extraordinary scaling of Twitter, a company that is not much beyond start-up phase.

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