Startup Professionals Musings

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Grant Applications Often Provide Early-Stage Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

All you have to do to qualify for government grant consideration is pass the initial eligibility test: At least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States. In any case, I do recommend that you don’t try the grant process alone the first time.

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Count Your Blessings on This Thanksgiving Holiday

Startup Professionals Musings

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The number of startups that took slices of the pie went up by 9 percent. New focus on a sustainable planet.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%.

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More Startups are Getting Less Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Overall, venture capital investment fell in the United States last year but rose elsewhere. Tags: entrepreneur startups investors venture capital business. Marty Zwilling.