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8 Big Startup Myths That Hold Entrepreneurs Back From Success

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When you find yourself faced with a problem that no one else has managed to solve, you’ve landed on a solid-gold idea for your next side gig. Web search existed before Google. While it’s true that you sometimes need to spend money to make money, the amount of money you need to spend is where things get murkier.

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How to Fund a Startup

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And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. At Viaweb we managed to raise $2.5 Apparently our situation was not unusual.