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How to Raise Investment Capital - According to VC Jeff Clavier

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Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers. The first stage is bootstrapping, where you raise between $50k and $100k and you try to make that money last as long as you can.

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Five Ways You’re Not Going To Get An Investor For Your Startup

Duct Tape Marketing

Connected (social media, rolodex, leadership roles). The best way to not get caught lying to an investor…surprise, surprise…don’t lie at all. Weston Bergmann is the founder and lead investor in a business incubator in Kansas City called BetaBlox. Remarkable education. Previously failed startup.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

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Twitter Link Roundup #50 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Github – [link]. – [link].