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6 Ways To Make Your Startup More Attractive To Investors — Even With A Criminal History

YoungUpstarts

But he chose to move forward with a positive attitude, raise seed money for his company, and network his way to a profitable future. Bootstrap your business. The best way to impress independent investors is to prove your business is viable by “bootstrapping” — or self-funding — until you gain traction.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). If you’re bootstrapping, you don’t need to worry about either of these options. They risk money they can afford to lose.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. Startups that are aiming to enterprises would do right raising VC to improve their network and therefore have a greater chance to get customers. Anti Matter lol.