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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

When the need is high… For the rest of us, desiring to build large, valuable enterprises quickly, the need for outside capital is high on our list of requirements and even the source for some sleepless nights as we worry over the availability and cost of capital. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

For the rest of us desiring to build large, valuable enterprises quickly, the need for outside capital is high on our list of requirements and even the source for some sleepless nights as we worry over the availability and cost of capital. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1.

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Raising money for your business: What are the options?

Berkonomics

For the rest of us desiring to build large, valuable enterprises quickly, the need for outside capital is high on our list of requirements and even the source for some sleepless nights as we worry over the availability and cost of capital. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. Marc Andreessen: No, we have not seen down rounds yet.