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Starting Startups - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Starting Startups.    Read   Want to Start a Startup ?   A way to fund a startup is to get a job.    A low burn rate is a pearl of great price.    It provides lots of options that high burn rates take away. 

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

Here’s my best attempt to shed some light on the most common misconceptions about building a company here in NYC: Misconception #1: There’s no money in NYC for startups… and the money that’s here isn’t smart or experienced money. Should they work on your “real time” web startup or write code that processes a million trades a minute?

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

Up and Running

What about bootstrapping? To complicate things further, your startup is also frequently a side hustle while you hold down a day job. Nelson has some tips: Know your burn rate. Don’t be scared to turn down “dumb money” Network like crazy. ” Nelson says. How do you balance it all?

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. Bootstrapping 101.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Gust

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

Cost 139
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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.