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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

Startup Professionals Musings

The dot.com heydays of free flowing venture capital and supercharged IPOs are not back. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models. Follow with a killer executive summary, investor presentation, and financial model. Line up a winning team.

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Startups With Real Revenue Can Get Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but not from first-time startups. That represents a $1.5 Line up a winning team.