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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

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That was the thought behind Meebos decision to offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who referred qualified potential employees to the company that launched in 2005. ); Login or signup Welcome | Logout Member Login Login using: Use your Inc.com account: Forgot login ? Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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How to Start a Startup

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March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. But many will want a copy of your business plan, if only toremind themselves what they invested in.

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How to Fund a Startup

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November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. So while nearly all VC funds have some addressyou can send your business plan to, VCs privately admit the chanceof getting funding by this route is near zero. Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

at 1:59 pm i do believe it depends on your business model. as long as there’s some sort of try-before-you-buy, i think you can safely leave a fully-supported free version off the business plan. Should you even be bundling into plans, or should you meter by users or MB or proposals sent or whatever? Otherwise, no.

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Startup Resources

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Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Updated Business tools for Startups. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking.