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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!” They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million.

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

This is going to be BIG.

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. Did I mention it only took the founder a month?

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

This article is based on my experiences and the typical mistakes I see every week in startup land. High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. Your strategy is to create growth with little or no money. There are several great examples of technology startups that do this. Good hunting.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

link] Hazem Awad An excellent and very practical article. Ramanean Nice blog post.Well said This is only if you are ready with a product but if you are going to do some research on some subject (say AI) you need own money to sustain longer to pay the Servers. Thanks for the time and energy to write the article. Thanks again.

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Busted or Confirmed? 3 Common Myths About Starting A Business

crowdSPRING Blog

For every example of a successful company that proves a myth wrong, there will always be one that will prove it right, especially in today’s world of rapidly expanding technology and connectivity. With countless articles and opinions, it can be hard to decipher who’s right.

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

readwrite.com

Maybe the Valley will get back to what it once was all about — making actual technology products. Meanwhile our country is facing a crisis because we have a shortage of students in STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math. Previously, Dan was Technology Editor at Newsweek. What Happens Now?

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.