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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

25 miles southwest of Chicago. The program reduces research and development time and cost by allowing participants access to multi-million dollar equipment they likely would otherwise not be able to access. That’s why I’m so excited to serve as Director of the Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) program at the U.S. CRI Program.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. . ” The Cost of Financing. Startups bear the costs of their financing, from the first seed investment to the sale of Series A stock. Paying lawyers $50,000 when you are raising $500,000 doesn’t work.

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Let’s Tax the Boy Scouts

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

One must have at least seed money, or more, to get a start-up going. Essentially credit unions are a way for people, their members, to band together, pool resources, and provide members low cost loans and other small scale financial services. Have you ever heard the phrase “building up a stake?”