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Entrepreneur and Consultant Luke Lazarus Replicates His Success for the Benefit of Clients

The Startup Magazine

Australian entrepreneur and consulting firm owner Luke Lazarus understands that launching a business is not easy. Instead of pursuing a life of leisure, Lazarus decided to use his success to help struggling business owners and entrepreneurs. Lazarus has had the heart of an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember.

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Grant Applications Often Provide Early-Stage Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

A critical stage for most first-time entrepreneurs is getting their idea developed into at least a prototype to validate their technology. This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

Kiva is a non-profit organization that partners with microfinance institutions (Kiva’s “field partners”) in third-world countries to offer small loans to budding entrepreneurs. If you’re interested in angel investment…. CircleUp is an angel investor site dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs with retail and consumer goods businesses.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. for non-diverse firms.

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Venture Capital Demystified: A Fundraising Guide for Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Lawyers

YoungUpstarts

The fundraising stage is vital for any entrepreneur, but you can’t wing it through your meetings and expect to be taken seriously. And that means understanding how to appeal to potential investors and being totally prepared. Foundry Group invests in technology companies all over the United States. Find the right VC.

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10 Real Profiles of Angel Investors

Growthink Blog

There are hundreds of thousands of individual or "angel" investors in the United States (and many more throughout the world). This is many, many times greater than the mere 6,000 members of angel investor groups. That is, they have the interest and ability to make an angel investment. Don''t be shy.

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4 things to know about crowdfunding versus raising capital

The Next Web

While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013. Just like the traditional capital raising process, entrepreneurs often still need to invest in their business before they bring it to the crowd.

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