The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

If all else fails and your business model goes belly up, you still have your studies to rely on for future prospects. For instance, many colleges will hold business plan competitions. In return, you may be able to get your hands on some seed money for your college startup.

Seed Money 91

Seed Money Startup eCommerce .Net 91

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. Before the mid-2000s, we mostly had individual angels writing small checks from their personal capital, but over the last 10-15 years we’ve seen hundreds of new institutional seed funds formed. No need to name names.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

The great majority of investors who did invest in “idea stage” businesses, lost fortunes when the Internet “bubble” burst at the beginning of the last decade. Local Community Bank: Big banks rarely lend to small businesses, but small community banks do, usually with collateral and personal guarantees.

Intellectual Property 76

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA 76

Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

Whether it’s a lemonade stand, fresh flowers, baked goods or snacks, the traditional ‘lemonade stand business model’ is proven to produce extra income so long as the products being vended are good enough to generate repeat business. 20 Use the Allowance as Seed Money. All businesses need startup capital.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur Seed Money Social Media Sales 167

Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

on a regular series of posts where we would collect a bunch of questions from the local tech community and respond to a few that I think are relevant to a reasonably broad group of readers. Third, when you have PMF and growth, and you find yourself needing to really build a repeatable business model.

Bootstrapping 46

Bootstrapping Finance Dividend Vesting 46

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A good mentor is someone who has been part of the startup community themselves – someone who has a realistic understanding of some of the basic dos and don’ts of starting up. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) You don’t need many – one or two to begin.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84