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Why an investor rejection isn't a knock on you

Hippoland

A business like that will just have a really hard time raising money at the early stages, and if that’s feedback you are getting from at least 2 people, you may want to consider adjusting your plan and raise from angels and/or bootstrap for a long time. It just means VCs will shy away from it. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

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Why an investor rejection isn't a knock on you

Hippoland

A business like that will just have a really hard time raising money at the early stages, and if that’s feedback you are getting from at least 2 people, you may want to consider adjusting your plan and raise from angels and/or bootstrap for a long time. It just means VCs will shy away from it. But that’s not Hustle Fund.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

extraneous SHIMMER reference spotted; you are dating yourself eric. People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc., Transitioning from founder sold bootstrapped revenue to a functioning sales team is certainly possible. April 14, 2009 4:03 PM Dave McClure said. Great Post on Start Ups. Fantastic post.

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Later, using internal references, you can expand into adjacent areas and that will eventually get you enterprisey type negotiations with the CIO's team.

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Are You Ready to be Quantitative? - Startups and angels: Along the.

Tim Keane

Can we, in short, develop knowledge that other competitors do not have to reduce our sales cycle and increase results? Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Are You Ready to be Quantitative? Can we, in short, develop knowledge that other competitors do not have to reduce our sales cycle and increase results?

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270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

mashable.com

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. It also allows you to track who referred which client and why. Free CRM – This is a Web-based customer relationship management software that allows for sales force automation.