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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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analyst (sit on butt and react to red light green light alerts all day). I feel like I am winning the race because my paycheck from day job comes in every 2weeks and I am making money from my side projects. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.)