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5 Unusual Ways To Fund A Business Without Going Into Debt

YoungUpstarts

For example, Indiegogo has started offering fundraising campaigns without end dates, while Fundable is considered a great option for small businesses. Additionally, RocketHub will let you keep the money you raised, even if you didn’t meet your goal. Offer Product Pre-Sales.

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

For what they bring to the table, startups are indeed changing the economic landscape in ways that extend to job generation, innovation of products and services, and equal distribution of opportunities among businesses. They aim to help small businesses take off the ground, and at the same time, make money from loan profits.

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Why Kickstarter and crowdfunding can’t replace traditional investors

The Next Web

Starting up a Kickstarter campaign instantly puts a ticking clock above your head when it comes to delivering your product or service. This is especially true for those developing hardware or consumer products that need to go from daydream to manufactured reality. What actually happened, however, was a much sadder story.

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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy. We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. This includes how the product gets distributed to your customers and how money flows back into your company. Here’s why.

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11 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2018

Hearpreneur

We’ve also improved productivity through some helpful tips to our employees, and become a more streamlined and efficient small business overall. Thanks to Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers ! #3- And my business has grown, allowing me to start working on major campaigns with companies like Intuit and Capital One.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. In nearly every failed startup, the real problem was that customersdidnt want the product. Probably because the product wasa dog, or never seemed likely to be done, or both.

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Why It's Critical to Think Big

Growthink Blog

For example, while doggy dental products could be a wonderful niche (as almost any dog owner can attest) you could narrow your focus down to a certain type of dog (such as German Shepherds). If you are looking only at one community or small geographic region then you may well doom your product or service to failure.