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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Startup Professionals Musings

An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups.

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Gust

An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. All while keeping in mind that employees, managers and executives have day jobs – so how could we ask them to spend significant time on new ideas while not sacrificing their present obligations?

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. All while keeping in mind that employees, managers and executives have day jobs – so how could we ask them to spend significant time on new ideas while not sacrificing their present obligations?

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Start Up Business Grants 101: Meaning, Funding & Tips

Board Effect

They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. About Searching for Startup Grants. In searching for grants for startup organizations, it’s important to recognize that grants are hard to find, and if you do find some, they may only be offered to organizations that meet strict criteria.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. Few people have it. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt? Not my problem.

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Ready, Set, Drive!: 8 Signs That Now Is the Time to Launch Your Trucking Business

The Startup Magazine

You Have Access to Seed Money. You’ll have to buy your own truck, purchase your own commercial insurance and may need money to tide you over as you seek your first clients. Does the prospect of your company popping up in search engine results when shippers are choosing a trucking service excite you?