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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2023
It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 22, 2020
It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 19, 2018
It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 4, 2014
It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 13, 2016
It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 2, 2012
The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. Over 85% of CEOs said that going public was not as attractive of an option as it was in 1995.
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