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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap? Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. 99 Problems?

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Updating Your Seed Investors – Board Deck & Update Email Templates

View from Seed

We first released a version of the board meeting deck template template back in 2014 and then a revised version a couple of years later. For an entrepreneur to grow from founder to true CEO, it’s empowering to act as if your business is already ahead. Download Investor Update Email Template.

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Just Starting Up: 15 Bloggers You Should Read

Early Growth Financial Services

But being an entrepreneur can be daunting. Fortunately, there are lots of great online resources for first time (or serial) entrepreneurs. Gene Marks Gene is the leading expert on small businesses, with an active readership across multiple syndication platforms. Recent posts: Can You Guess the Killer Business App of 2014?

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Let Me Count The Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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How marketers can build thought leadership

The Next Web

A marketer should attempt a combination of writing on a personal blog, writing for an employer’s blog and for third-party publications through guest blogging and syndication to get the most reach. Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) January 2, 2014. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' Important question: What can I do for you?

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Launching FG Angels To Make Investments on AngelList

Feld Thoughts

This morning my partners at Foundry Group and I announced that we are going to make 50 seed investments of $50,000 each on AngelList between now and the end of 2014. Foundry Group ) can create the syndicate in the future, at which point we’ll move the activity over to there. When we learn, we’ll share what we learn.

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Second Order Impact of FG Angels

Feld Thoughts

If you’ve been following along at home, you know that we recently created an AngelList Syndicate called FG Angels. Our goal is to make 50 investments through AngelList before the end of 2014. We’ll contribute $50k to each investment; our FG Angels Syndicate will contribute up to $450k.

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