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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Start Up Business Grants 101: Meaning, Funding & Tips

Board Effect

They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. It may also be worthwhile to consider hiring a grant writer to champion the process. The funds you receive from a grant could potentially cover the cost of hiring professional help. Eileen Fisher Women-Owned Business Grant.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. Lawyers should use standard forms, and investors should cap their lawyer fees at $7,500-10,000 for a seed round of this size.

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So Just How Do You Start A Startup?

YoungUpstarts

Hiring Staff. Hiring staff is a crucial stage in any startup’s success. Hiring staff for a startup is different from hiring staff for an existing big business. Who understand that hard work is what’s going to secure their job and the company’s success. Essentially you’ll need seed money, to begin with.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). To me, this is the best time to raise your seed. Without funding most tech startups will die.

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Entrepreneurs: The Funding Landscape Has Changed.

Berkonomics

Independent Third Parties: This area for securing business loans has witnessed the greatest degree of change, primarily due to removal of communication barriers using the Internet. There are a host of companies that can be accessed through web-search engines that can provide both secured and unsecured financing.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Despite what some vendors may say, all languages scale, and its hard to argue that one language is fundamentally less secure than another. Hiring a good team of PHP developers is neither likely nor easy for the non-technical. One can, however, make these arguments about different frameworks.