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Maybe somebody can translate the last paragraph into English for me. I read the preceding paragraph several times and I'm coming up empty:

  Based on our experiences at Filepicker.io we learned that 
  it is important to delineate the differences when
  planning initiatives that drive growth, the amount of
  resources needed and the profile of team members required
  to drive the initiatives.

While we're going for pompous titles, how about "What newly minted MBAs don't know about writing"?

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Translation: You need to figure out which demographic your business is targeting (large business, small business, consumers) and plan your marketing/sales according to that and have the correct people on your team depending on what your marketing/sales plan is.

I agree that it isn't very well worded but it does make sense.

Sorry, I agree probably not the best-written paragraph.

Essentially:

* There are distinct focus-areas on the business side, just as there are on the coding side

* Identifying the differences helps us figure out what to do, when, and how

"Understand the differences between these things, and don't mash them all together. They each have unique requirements."

Very true. As startups with limited time and resources I tend to stick everything into the "lets figure out how to grow-lets do blogs, sell to larger customers, plan distribution hacks etc." It is important to decompose the business bucket and pick things that matter to my specific kind of business.

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