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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Don’t forget to account for the time and cost of crowdfunding campaigns.

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7 Reasons Smart Startups Establish 'Coopetition'

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are the other reasons to use this strategy: It reduces common costs and customer learning curves. Similar startups, with competing products, almost always have overlapping areas, which cost money to develop and annoy customers with a new learning curve. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/11/2015.