Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Commercial product prototypes. Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Commercial product prototypes. Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. In fact, most often, it is limited to seeding a startup business rollout or scale-up after development is completed from friends and family. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. Money has always been tight for high-tech entrepreneurs who need to raise capital from investors willing to gamble on a new idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2014

Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Note that we haven’t yet mentioned the more conventional and less creative finance approaches of Angel and venture capital investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

In addition, the statistics show that over half of new startups, perhaps as high as 75%, provide services only (no product). Another reality is that angel investors and venture capital groups almost never invest in a services-only company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2013

Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Note that we haven’t yet mentioned the more conventional and less creative finance approaches of Angel and venture capital investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2013

Incorporate your startup after the business plan, but before you spend a dollar on product development. For example, you and your partner may be perfectly happy with an LLC, but venture capital or Angel investors may insist on having “preferred” stock, forcing an upgrade to a C-Corp.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. Money has always been tight for high-tech entrepreneurs who need to raise capital from investors willing to gamble on a new idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In addition, the statistics show that over half of new startups, perhaps as high as 75%, provide services only (no product). Another reality is that angel investors and venture capital groups almost never invest in a services-only company.

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