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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. Convertible Securities.

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The best advice startups will never follow

Berkonomics

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. I was a co–lender and assumed the chairmanship of a young startup where the entrepreneur’s cousin also loaned money under the same terms. The problem, of course, comes if the business fails.

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Startups getting caught in No Man’s Land

BeyondVC

While not a bad idea, this is rarely successful because many seed funded startups have way too many investors who are more apt to write off the investment then to bridge more seed money. Smarter entrepreneurs are increasingly doing two things to make sure they don't caught in "No Man's Land."

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Startups getting caught in No Man’s Land

BeyondVC

While not a bad idea, this is rarely successful because many seed funded startups have way too many investors who are more apt to write off the investment then to bridge more seed money. Smarter entrepreneurs are increasingly doing two things to make sure they don't caught in "No Man's Land."

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The best advice startups will never follow

Berkonomics

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. I was a co-lender and assumed the chairmanship of a young startup where the entrepreneur’s cousin also loaned money under the same terms. The problem, of course, comes if the business fails.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Then again, there’s a difference between publishing a description of the idea on your website and simply announcing a name and perhaps a tag line. link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.] link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? link] Finance Geek » How To Develop New Startup Ideas. [.]

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Do the Math

Austin Startup

We took an advisor named Howard out there. You’ll want to get cozy with the numbers all over again based on some history and make decisions on operating spend and on financing strategies. He visited for a while, then walked us outside and said: “This is an idea. Fire the lady and get someone to make it a business.”