Startup Professionals Musings

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. Thus investors in one country do not assume that they know what works in another country, even if it sounds good locally. If you want U.S.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. Thus investors in one country do not assume that they know what works in another country, even if it sounds good locally. If you want U.S.

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7 New Venture Scenarios That Rarely Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. Thus investors in one country do not assume that they know what works in another country, even if it sounds good locally. If you want U.S.

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Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. Thus investors in one country do not assume that they know what works in another country, even if it sounds good locally. If you want U.S.

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7 Startup Scenarios That May Be Judged Non-Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. Thus investors in one country do not assume that they know what works in another country, even if it sounds good locally. If you want U.S.

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8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

Expanding neighborhood-by-neighborhood or city-by-city is not a simple cookie-cutter process. Hyperlocal in New York City is different from hyperlocal in Kansas. Overcoming these hesitations may require promotion events, meet and greet opportunities, and more time.

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Startup Accelerators are Entrepreneur Boot Camps

Startup Professionals Musings

Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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