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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, all that costs money, I would like to see a more cost-effective customer acquisition strategy. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. Total cost: $5000. Total cost: $100. Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Mr. Berk graduated from Emory University and began his career trading equities (not tools or electronics). After studying Biotechnolo gy at London University, he worked in over 18 countries on the production side of the film business, setting up desert camps in Jordan, managing huge projects and teams from India to Argentina.

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