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The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business

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This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. Small business grants. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

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Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

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In Moscow, we attended the twelfth annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network , held April 23-24, at the Digital October technology entrepreneurship center. Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, located just across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

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Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. With most others, like web services, incubation time must be short, and secrecy can be the kiss of death.

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