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5 Recommendations Before Funding An Appealing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on investors tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify. Avoid “insider deals.”

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5 Due Diligence Tips Before You Invest In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on investors tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify. Avoid “insider deals.”

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How To Avoid Investment Scams In The Startup World

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on entrepreneurs tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify. Avoid “insider deals.”

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Don’t Be Fooled by Investment Scams For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on entrepreneurs tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify. Avoid “insider deals.”

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

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Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

Both Sides of the Table

You’re old enough to have established your reputation and you know right from wrong. Social networks are like Iran. It is an alter ego name that follows you on the Internet. Perhaps you’re not trying to find your true North anymore. It’s scary. ” It hit me. PSEUDONYMITY. You heard it here first.

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How to Protect Yourself From Bernie Madoff

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firms has to file regular reports with the SEC. The Internet has just made it easier and faster for vultures to feed on entrepreneurs tempted by the possibility of an “inside deal.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich.