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10 Strategies To Cover New Product Development Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Commit to a major customer.

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10 Financing Alternatives For Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Commit to a major customer.

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Common Intellectual Property mistakes made by startups

NZ Entrepreneur

This article is the third of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. What is intellectual property? Intellectual property is about creations of the mind.

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10 Startup Strategies To Minimize Cash Flow Disasters

Startup Professionals Musings

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. An example would be getting free office space by agreeing to be the property manager for the owner. Commit to a major customer.

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8 Myths Technologists Believe That Sink Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

I usually envision a 50-50 ownership split for their efforts, but every engineer believes the technology side deserves the majority share. Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development. Most founders bootstrap product development.

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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all the research data and publication development are open and transparent. Helix will have liquidity at 366 days on a tightly regulated security token exchange.