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Resources for Global Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

So, if you were the founder of a green energy startup in Sydney, Australia, you would Google “green energy business incubator in Sydney, Australia.”. Complete Elevator Pitch Guide. To find information about a business incubator in your country, try to use specific keywords in your Google search. Business Funding Guide.

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How to Gauge Business Potential for Your Invention

Startup Professionals Musings

The pain level is not yet high enough for people to buy “green” at twice the cost. Check your elevator pitch, investor presentation, business plan, and your leading comments to friends. Maybe your invention is “ahead of it’s time.” What is your barrier to entry?

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Technology and Inventions Don’t Make a Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The pain level is not yet high enough for people to buy “green” at twice the cost. Check your elevator pitch, investor presentation, business plan, and your leading comments to friends. Maybe your invention is “ahead of it’s time.” What is your barrier to entry?

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How to Make Profits Serve a Purpose With Your Startup

Up and Running

One of these fields is green energy. Recently, Bill Gates established a $1 billion dollar fund called Breakthrough Energy Ventures , expressly for the purpose of investing in green energy startups. This high profile fund is exciting because it means the solution to green energy is simply not there yet.

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Venture Capital is Back But Moving Up-Stage

Startup Professionals Musings

Green investments jumped 55% and 134% on a deals and dollars basis, respectively, vs. Q4 ‘09. Practice every step, including the elevator pitch to get the first meeting. Massachusetts and NY states also have high numbers. That doesn’t mean that you have to live there to be considered, but it helps.

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How to Use LinkedIn Groups to Generate Quality Leads Continuously

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Simply put, it is your elevator pitch to the LinkedIn group and should reveal just enough for Group members to want to click through to your article. Giving Dux Soup the Green Light. Crafting a delicious social sharing message. A social sharing message is that block of content that you write, that accompanies your article share.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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