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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. De-risk your startup as much as possible. Following an iterative manufacturing process.

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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. Here are six things you can do to make your startup look attractive to potential investors: 1. Bootstrap your business. How to Position Yourself for Funding. Expand your network.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding. This article is based on my experiences and the typical mistakes I see every week in startup land. High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. Capital = Growth.

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Q&A: How To Deal With The Trough of Sorrow? And tips for bootstrapping companies

Rob Go

What are some common-sense tips for startups as they seek to avoid the “ Trough of Sorrow ” that Brian Balfour has blogged about? There really aren’t many easy answers – honestly, most startups face some sort of trough of sorrow. There really aren’t many easy answers – honestly, most startups face some sort of trough of sorrow.

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Fundraising: Words of Wisdom from Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen

Scott Edward Walker

In this interesting Q&A from Sam Altman ’s Stanford course “ How to Start a Startup ,” Ron and Marc provide some words of wisdom to founders with respect to fundraising, including the following: “[W]hile you’re talking to me in the first minute I’m [asking myself]: ‘Is this person a leader? Bootstrap as long as you possibly can.” –Ron

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. So for this first post, here’s the best advice I can give you: join an awesome founding team and get your product out the door ASAP. Need proof?

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How much capital should you raise?

Version One Ventures

One of the biggest questions facing any entrepreneur is how much capital to raise for their startup. It’s a delicate question…one that can have a significant impact on the fate of any startup. With a small round, you’ll end up thinking more about future funding than developing your product.

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