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6 Obligations That Come With Startup External Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping.

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Bootstrapping vs. Raising Money

Spencer Fry

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. Having started and sold 3 successful bootstrapped businesses, and am now running 1 venture capital backed business ( Coach ), this is a topic I know a thing or two about. What's “good” about bootstrapping.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. 15 Best Bootstrap Design Tools – crowdspring.co/1ncKgIa. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? 1ncL3IY.

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6 Unexpected Burdens That Come With Outside Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping.

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Startup Investor Money Always Comes With Strings

Startup Professionals Musings

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Angel and venture capital money always comes with strings attached, starting with the obvious ones outlined in the term sheet for the deal.

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6 Of The Best Reasons For Declining Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

.   At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.   First , dividends.