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7 Ways Academic Connections Can Assist A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

An underutilized, but valuable resource, every startup should investigate is a formal or informal connection to your alma mater, including any local university. Business plan assistance. Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Advisor. ); STARTUP. Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Strategy and Planning >. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Newsletters.

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Startups Need the Eight P’s for Successful Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

After considering about 200 investment opportunities over the past two years, we have established a decision making process to identify trophy entrepreneurs and startups. There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners. Unfortunately, we read far more poorly written business plans at Main Street than good ones.

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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

Startup Professionals Musings

A continuing question I hear from young entrepreneurs is whether a university degree is important to startup success, or just a distraction in achieving their purpose in the world. He learned quickly that several pivots were required for business, legal, and customer acceptance reasons.

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Startups Need to Leverage Their Local Universities

Startup Professionals Musings

An underutilized, but valuable resource, every startup should investigate is a formal or informal connection to your alma mater, including any local university. Business plan assistance. Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan.

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7 Paybacks an Alma Mater Can Offer an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

An underutilized, but valuable resource, every startup should investigate is a formal or informal connection to your alma mater, or even any local university. Business plan assistance. Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan.

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Michael A. Wolf – Angel Investor and Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. He is a 26-year software veteran who has survived both startups and big companies. More recently, he has invested in numerous local startups, while mentoring and advising hundreds of young entrepreneurs.