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Ecosystem for success: the key ingredients to attract an early-stage investor

The Startup Magazine

Even if failure can be educational and productive it is not an exercise to be repeated. What problem does my product/idea solve? Who are my key competitors, what is their market share and how does my product distinguish itself? These three factors have based my decision to invest in several startups in France.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Want to start up in France? billion online in the first quarter of this year. So what are you waiting for?

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Startups: How To Apply For (And Win!) Business Awards

YoungUpstarts

One of the biggest problems facing any entrepreneur is how to convince people that your idea, product or service is as great as you personally believe it to be. Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! by Caroline Pegden, co-founder of TempaGoGo.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups. Companies experience a high churn rate because of bad product adoption. Of course they have a great product and are well funded. It can be used across both product and marketing. MQL cost significantly increased.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). It seems to be geared on a “Monopoly” style game.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

So at the end of ’94 I moved to France, because I wanted to learn Spanish. I had someone willing to offer me a job in France. I lived in the south of France in Antibes and in Cannes. So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France. So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France.