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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. Photo Credit: Terry Kasdan.

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How to Write a Business Plan for Raising Venture Capital

Growthink Blog

This article provides advice on how to position each section of the business plan for an investor audience. Carefully describe their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the key drivers of competitive differentiation in the marketplace. But how exactly will your business plan persuade investors to sign a check? market research).

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. I have two articles on the topic: 1. Call it your functional pie chart.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Article: Behind Every Great Product. Normally I do this by explaining the critical responsibilities and the necessary character traits and skills, but in this article I will be taking a very different approach. But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust.

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Raise Capital With The Skin You’re In: Blunt Truth from Don Charlton, CEO, The Resumator

David Teten

Most investors and other members of the American elite come from a homogeneous background: white, male, straight, Christian (or Jewish, at least in the finance industry), tall , handsome , physically fit, graduate of a select university, with American parents of upper middle class or higher socio-economic status.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

If they have worked in business for 20 years, you have an 700-1 experience differential right out of the gate. It is important to note that using the one-day gains of “hot IPOs” to either attract new customers or wildly please the ones you already have is not a new concept. Both the members of Party B and Party C work on 30-40 IPOs per year.

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