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Raising Startup Capital Through Convertible Debt Financing

Business Plan Blog

The first milestone in a new startup’s financing is called ‘Seed Capital’ which refers to the initial investment raised by the founders from their friends and family, or commonly referred to as FFF (Friends, Family and Founders), who mostly use their personal assets. Convertible Debt Financing. Raising Seed Capital.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

What’s the concept of all of this that you’re talking about and then in financing? I just thought it was a good question to set the context of lean planning and when somebody should use it, because so many of our webinar attendees are in the process of getting financing. Tell your angel investors a story about need.

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The five C’s of Business Partners: a marriage without the sex

Berkonomics

He is Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurism and Business Ethics, and Chairman Emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel group in the United States. It is not that strategy, finance, and operations are not important, but rather failure of the business is more likely attributed to people issues.

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