Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. You have secret doubts about your co-founder. I didn’t want to disappoint my customers. It’s not.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Founder.org founder Michael Baum. In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. When you create a simple solution to a complex problem and put it in front of a customer, they often don’t believe you. Were you insane?

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