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6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Those who respond with one of the wrong answers, such as “I want to pay myself a salary,” usually go home empty-handed. You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur.

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6 Keys To Successfully Addressing Investor Questions

Startup Professionals Musings

Those who respond with one of the wrong answers, such as “I want to pay myself a salary,” usually go home empty-handed. You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur.

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The Correct Answers to 'How Will You Use My Money?'

Startup Professionals Musings

Those who respond with one of the wrong answers, such as “I want to pay myself a salary,” usually go home empty-handed. You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur.

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6 Guidelines For Proper Responses To Investor Queries

Startup Professionals Musings

Those who respond with one of the wrong answers, such as “I want to pay myself a salary,” usually go home empty-handed. You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur.

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6 Principles For Proper Use Of Funds From Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Those who respond with one of the wrong answers, such as “I want to pay myself a salary,” usually go home empty-handed. You may think this question is just an artifact of good television, but let me assure you that in my experience as an angel investor, it’s a standard “make or break” inquiry posed to every entrepreneur.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Super-angels. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Osmosis marketing.

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

Your first year or two in business is where your dreams merge with reality and take a new form to guide your future efforts. Many entrepreneurs end up taking their company in a different direction after some time spent testing your initial business model. Series B is the round that follows series A in early stage financing.

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