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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. These are ones you need to bootstrap, crowdfund or pitch to friends and family. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. These are ones you need to bootstrap, crowdfund or pitch to friends and family. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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7 New Venture Scenarios That Rarely Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. These are ones you need to bootstrap, crowdfund or pitch to friends and family. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. These are ones you need to bootstrap, crowdfund or pitch to friends and family. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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7 Startup Scenarios That May Be Judged Non-Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. These are ones you need to bootstrap, crowdfund or pitch to friends and family. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Labels: bootstrapping , education , entrepreneurship.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

At the same time, we also have seen several examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully bootstrapped their e-commerce companies without any external financing until much later in the game. Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money? Or, bootstrap longer.