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Every Startup Goes Through Distinctive Funding Phases

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more than 30 employees, and more than $1 million in revenue.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

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Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Develop your business plan. Product development process. Manage human resources.

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How To Find Support Resources For Your Startup Stage

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more than 30 employees, and more than $1 million in revenue.

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Funding Alternatives Change As Your New Venture Grows

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more than 30 employees, and more than $1 million in revenue.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Develop your business plan. Product development process. Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Billing and revenue collection. Manage human resources.

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

When the endowment saw how much I had raised up until that point, which wasn’t helped by the fact that most of my other investors were individuals who couldn’t write a third check, they decide to add a new stipulation—a minimum close. It was a frustrating development because I was counting on them to be a part of the first close.

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Savvy Entrepreneurs Look for More Than Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue.

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