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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

In my angel investor mode, I often find myself flipping to the “management” section of a business plan, even before I read the solution description and opportunity. Business credentials and functional coverage. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

A startup is more like Typo Keyboards, which recently engaged ISBX as its software engineering team to help it grow rapidly enough to fill an urgent market demand for Apple’s iPhone 6 buyers. What makes the difference between an ordinary service business and a startup is how fast the startup grows into a big company.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). In the video we did a lengthy discussion on “the return of enterprise software&# talking about companies: Atlassian, Jive Software, KickApps, Yammer and SquareSpace. I eventually needed more money.

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How to Get the Most Out of a Sample Business Plan

Up and Running

The basic idea of a sample business plan makes perfect sense. If you haven’t done a business plan before, a sample plan gives you an instant idea of what you should include, how to structure it, and even what to write. Here’s how to get the most of any sample business plan.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Consumer approach to software for business users. Page 4: Business Model. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy.

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The 3 Most Damaging Myths in Entrepreneurship

Up and Running

Tweet Having just completed my spring business plan season — three big business plan contests and our angel group investment — I think it’s a good time to poke some holes in several damaging and far-too-common myths about startups. Tim is the originator of plan-as-you-go business planning.

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26 Businesses You Can Start for Free

Up and Running

Do you have a car (more specifically, a 4-door sedan, year 2001 or newer )? If you have the above, starting a business as an Uber driver can be wildly lucrative. If you’ve found the perfect business idea, great—it’s time to get started. Driving for Uber.

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