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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Internet scale. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 In many Internet startups 80% of the operating costs will be people.

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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

While my portfolio is primarily centered around consumer internet as well as enterprise SaaS startups, I typically talk to two to three hardware startups each week. Related articles. As a result, most venture capitalists are reluctant to touch hardware projects, opting for the lower costs and smaller risks of software.

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

The other day, I noticed an eye-catching headline: "Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began". This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. On top of that, the article comes with a chart--this chart to the left entited "Fewer Bets".

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

I need money for the servers. Here’s the rub: in consumer internet (and often enterprise), if your founding team doesn’t have the chops to get a prototype of your product out and in the hands of a blogger to test and write about, you might as well save yourself a lot of pain – you’re not going anywhere. I don’t know any developers.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

The only thing I wouldn’t do is to post it on the internet. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? Also reminds me of this article “share to make ideas happen.” I’ve just found this little gem of an article. link] Marco. Yavor Ivanov said: RT @sensing: [link] [.]. Great post.

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Let's All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can't Raise Any More Money

readwrite.com

And who announces a fund before he’s actually raised the money. And who launches a fund focused on consumer Internet just when all the smart money is moving away from the consumer Internet and rushing toward the enterprise. Share on LinkedIn. Like on Facebook. Like on Facebook. Enough said.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Seed money gets invested on something that shouldn’t be in use, rather than something provided by an off-the-shelf framework which won’t tie the business to a particular agency. However, we will publish a short round up of resources and guideline rates in a follow-up to this article.