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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was only legalized via the SEC in 2016, so its impact is still in the early stages.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. only accredited investors can use crowdfunding sites such as EquityNet to buy ownership in their favorite startup. Startup equity model. In the U.S.,

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6 New Venture Realities To Target Your Funding Effort

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Here again, the entrepreneur will be the one hurt most, by having fewer funding sources to access.

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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

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While the Texas weather is preferable to New York City and the cost of living preferable to San Francisco, there are many more reasons that entrepreneurs are flocking to Texas. Thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gather day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes and coworking.

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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors. Access to intellectual property and current research.

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How And Where To Connect To The Entrepreneur Universe

Startup Professionals Musings

There are other social networks in the list of 300 “major sites” recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Viadeo, Ryze, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Volunteer to help out with entrepreneur activities at your local university.

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7 Steps To Finding Investors Aligned With Your Values

Startup Professionals Musings

If you project a sense of desperation, or ignorance of the options and implications, no potential investor will give you the credibility to be your partner in a business. Prepare properly for meeting and closing with investors. Many entrepreneurs see fund raising as a part-time task, behind high-priority solution development efforts.