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6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

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6 Keys To Successfully Addressing Investor Questions

Startup Professionals Musings

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

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The Correct Answers to 'How Will You Use My Money?'

Startup Professionals Musings

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

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6 Guidelines For Proper Responses To Investor Queries

Startup Professionals Musings

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

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6 Principles For Proper Use Of Funds From Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They are willing to cover marketing, inventory and scaling, but not product development. An example might be 50 percent for marketing, 30 percent for inventory and 20 percent for staffing. These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. Make your focus and priorities clear.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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