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Most Investors Bite Only at Specific Startup Stages

Startup Professionals Musings

At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm. Growth stage. Exit stage.

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How to Select the Right Investors for Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm. Growth stage. Exit stage.

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The right investors for the right stage

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At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm. Growth stage. Exit stage.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

And for ones that do get sold often most of the employees don’t really make huge upside gains. I remember an employee asking me whether I’d fill out their paperwork to get a home loan when we only had 3 months of cash in the bank. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

And for ones that do get sold often most of the employees don’t really make huge upside gains. I remember an employee asking me whether I’d fill out their paperwork to get a home loan when we only had 3 months of cash in the bank. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting.