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Five Questions Every Start-Up Should Ask About Accelerators

Austin Startup

I put that in quotations, because, as I’ll expound, there is a start-up industrial complex that is designed to fleece novice founders from their seed capital with predatory fees, terms, etc. It is OK to recognize that a program isn’t going to accelerate you as advertised. OK, enough with disclosures. Credit on Cloud Services?—?accelerators

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. 2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. Co-founders are the highest form of dilution to a business. Can’t pick just one.