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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

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Bootstrapping. I always recommend that you start with bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is when you put your own money or borrow from friends and family to set up your business. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Incubators and Accelerators.

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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

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I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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How much equity for investors and employees?

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In that case, VC money is used mainly for "acceleration" and not for bootstrapping. A friend of mine is participating on the current round of incubation at Y Combinator and if there is at least some small bit of thuth on what he says about the experience, it's not so interesting at all.

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Startup Resources

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Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Israeli Center of Incubators. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.