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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. By definition, companies that receive venture capital cannot fund their businesses from operations, and thus need to seek outside capital. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip. CEO Marco Magnocavallo. Total cost: $100.