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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Their financial models are based on membership fees that grant access to a shared coworking space, resources, and access to other founders and operational expertise. That’s because unlike accelerators, which operate on a six- to 12-week cadence, studios don’t have a set timeframe. Carlos stirred his coffee.

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6 Lessons Most Entrepreneurs Only Learn On The Street

Startup Professionals Musings

Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. With information overload due to the Internet, you need to find your customers, rather than assume they will find you. It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Survival requires regular updates.

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Are You An Internet Entrepreneur In Colorado? Oppose PIPA!

Feld Thoughts

If you are a entrepreneur in Colorado who is working on something related to the Internet, please consider signing the following letter to Senator Udall and Senator Bennet opposing the Protect IP (PIPA) Act.

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8 Steps To Starting A New Venture With Limited Funds

Startup Professionals Musings

In the early Internet days, it would cost a million dollars to get this far. Even the homework is easier, with free and mobile access through the Internet to more business assistance sources, opportunity data, investors, and competitor details around the world. Prepare a pitch deck to document and share your plan.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. Even a non-profit needs income to operate. Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea.

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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A viable business opportunity is to present expert business services designed to help companies operate and implement first cybersecurity procedures and measures. A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. Virtual Data Rooms (VDR). Board Communications.