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How to Fund a Startup

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I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison.

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The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups

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Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. The danger here is that you ruin your reputation. If you havetwo and one leaves, or a guy with critical technical skills leaves,thats more of a problem. Most disputes are not due to the situation but the people.Which means theyre inevitable.

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