Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Be prepared to manage a crowd of inexperienced investors. Crowdfunding platforms don’t have the facilities to handle non-disclosure agreements that you might expect from every professional investor. Get funding sizing input from senior advisors. Be extra careful with your intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Full-Time Employees, Freelancers (directly) or Contracts (through staffing companies) – This approach allows your company to maintain total control as it manages the fine details of the project. The underlying questions to ask here are simple: Do you want to manage the small details of the project?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

To find out what people are complaining about, read forums, turn to your social media accounts, and read reviews. For example, our product LivePlan offers a host of features that make it easy for business owners to manage their financials. The non-disclosure agreement (NDA). What do your friends want?

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