YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

These companies are changing how we live and work, and they are not only creating tremendous value but are introducing new business models. All these companies sourced venture capital (VC) to launch their companies. Even with Venture Capital, Most Startups Fail.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2019

Venture Capital. This is where venture capitalists enter the discussion. But to make things clear, you have to put together a smooth business model that proves how scalable your business model is. Get the money you need by finding someone who shares your ideas and extraordinary vision.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Private investors could also be angel investors who form a small group of high net worth individuals, focused on investing in local businesses and offering services to help build your business up and see it succeed. Venture Capital. The right choice is different for every business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

The trend toward launching without planning may be why the failure rate for venture capital-backed businesses is as high as 75 percent. Yet, if you take too much time to plan, you may never launch your business at all. The steps focus you on developing your business model.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

If investors express a strong preference changing your business model, product, or team, think twice. Wayne Embree is an experienced seed-stage investor with a 30-year track record of fueling startup growth through venture capital. It’s your vision, not theirs. Seek out investors who believe in your vision.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Find out how ‘light’ you can start your business model. Find a way that one native speaker with correct guidance can start out running all aspects of the business for that country. Find out what works and doesn’t before hiring a new group of six people going in guns blazing.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

If Uber and similar companies are willing to push their business models to their best possible conclusions, they can not only survive but flourish. Use the numbers to show off your business as one that provides real financial benefits to the consumer, contractor, and company. Follow the company on Twitter.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2017

After an impressive history of disrupting many industries with its business model (booksellers, retailers, publishers, retail technology, music, video, and storage), Amazon’s latest initiatives to attract low-income markets continue to impact discount chains like Walmart and Dollar Tree.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

The company is currently seeking first-round venture capital and institutional funding. MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

But recent innovations in SaaS-driven business models have come of age on the backs of B2B solutions, and providers are finally learning how to cater to the underserved VSB market. Low initial start-up costs and easy setup make SaaS based solutions an attractive proposition, both for VSB owners and as venture investments.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Brent Freeman is the co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs , an early stage venture lab based in Los Angeles and San Francisco that focuses on incubating and accelerating scalable e-commerce businesses using operational expertise, data science, digital marketing systems, and compelling business models.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

Earlier this month, my co-founders and I raised our sixth round of venture capital funding for Nvoicepay. This is my only experience, and of all the venture capitalists who passed on the early funding rounds, no one ever said, “We’re not going to invest in your company because you’re a woman.”

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Their patience paid off months later when big name venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital invested $25 million in Google. He has remained true to his company’s mission and, although he may have lost profits in the process, his innovative business model has certainly paid off big.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2012

Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Getting to Plan B encourages startups to realize that business plans often change, and in fact, your success as a startup depends on your ability to do just that. Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-Up to IPO on Your Terms.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

Instead of trying to act like you’ll get by without their help, let investors know that you’ll be able to scale your business model based on their initial and ongoing investments. If you didn’t need your potential investors’ money, you wouldn’t be pitching them in the first place!

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2017

And venture capital has enabled all kinds of new and disruptive businesses to reinvent big markets and beat entrenched industry leaders. Lots of brands rush to get a piece of this burgeoning market, but without finding ways to serve their target consumers for the long-term, their success will always be short lived.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

As an entrepreneur, though, you should look no further than Fab.com as a cautionary tale of venture capital. Once the most heavily funded startup in New York City, according to then-CEO Jason Goldberg, Fab blew through $200 million of its $336 million in VC cash without settling on a business model.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Vision equates to an idea big enough that it’s capable of producing a significant return multiple to justify the risk for an angel investor or is capable of returning the entire fund for a venture capital firm. Venture Capitalist have investors as well. Consequently, venture capital is a hits business.

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