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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).

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Twitter Link Roundup #176 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. ” – [link]. .

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

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A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. Are you in the “lean&# phase? They get the PR bump. 25% dilution).