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Entrepreneurs: Don’t Quit Your Real Job Too Early

Gust

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup, worrying about not giving their all to an employer, juggling the multiple roles, or even a legal conflict of interest. If your hypothesis is, “we can build a better web-based chat client”, that’s something you could test quickly.

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I have an amazing idea for a web based start up which is yet untapped. How should I get started?

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Invested Interests businesses entrepreneur ideas investors startups web based' For a more in-depth discussion of this (and a great post by Derek Sivers , please read my answer to Venture Capital: Is it possible for an idea to be funded by a VC? original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

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The Funding Gap

Gust

The resources required to start a company vary significantly , depending on the type of company and growth rate anticipated by the entrepreneur. An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. ANNUAL US $$$.

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New Early Stage Financing Options for Entrepreneurs

Gust

The hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Here is just a sampling of the latest terminology and lingo that I gleaned from Dave, and from some additional research on the Internet, that I think every entrepreneur should know, who may be looking for funding now, or down the road: Micro-VCs. Lean startup.

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Startup Map & Trends Analysis – September 2012

Gust

Some of the entrepreneurs chose to keep their startup profiles private and therefore are labeled as unpublished in this month’s map, and were not included in the trends analysis. The top industries stayed relatively unchanged from the previous month, with Internet/Web Services and Consumer Products and Services leading worldwide.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

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The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months. networking with other entrepreneurs. networking with other entrepreneurs. group rates for health, life and other insurance plans.

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Do Angel Investors Care About University Degrees?

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There is a stream in entrepreneurship lore that the entrepreneur doesn’t need or want education, a fire fed by legendary dropouts Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. There are idiots with degrees and gifted entrepreneurs without them. Why waste your time studying? Just do it; or so it goes. Does the degree add credibility?