Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

If you meet all the requirements, complete all the paperwork, and submit your grant application today, it will likely be six to nine months before you see any money. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 242

Gust

MAY 11, 2014

If you meet all the requirements, complete all the paperwork, and submit your grant application today, it will likely be six to nine months before you see any money. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 164

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Board and Stockholder Votes.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Board Effect

JUNE 28, 2022

The task of grant writing can be far easier when nonprofit boards have a clear vision about what they need grant funds for and which foundations, governments, or organizations offer grants for that purpose. An excellent place to start is with the government. Nonprofits may also be able to find grants from the state government.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. In a technology startup, which most startups are, the foundersshould include technical people. The rulers of the technologybusiness tend to come from technology, not business. Its the same with technology.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76