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10 Tips for Finding Venture Funding

Up and Running

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on. How to find venture funding?

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How To Win Startup Competitions

VC Cafe

How to win an award in a startup competition: Research. Flat-Club have compiled the largest database of European start-up competitions to make it a lot quicker and easier for you to apply. Make sure you get some inspiration for outstanding video pitches. Finally, Apply!

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck.

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Don't Let the Wrong Name Sink Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

For startups, not as much as you might think. But the online database of talent agents has been around since 2001 (capitialized as WhoRepresents?com Can a bad name kill a startup? A name that looks great on a whiteboard may sound dumb in an elevator pitch, so try it out often in conversation. What's in a name?

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: Vesta

Austin Startup

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series returns this week with the Founder and CEO of Vesta : Charles Nicolson. With real-time updates, Vesta lets retailers build a “single source of truth” product database that stays accurate over time. link] Can you give us the elevator pitch for Vesta?

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For TechStars Startups, Life Beyond the Pitch

ReadWriteStart

As a startup, “if you cannot nail a presentation, you’re done.” 13 TechStars companies went on stage to pitch their products to investors, and every single pitch passed with flying colors. Getting the pitch right is one of the most important parts of a startup's life cycle. That works for Mok and his product.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

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