Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

How do you as an entrepreneur with a new idea get to be one of those choices? That means there are far more entrepreneurs looking for money than there are investors, and entrepreneur entitlement is not a realistic expectation. The hype is high right now for equity crowd funding as an alternative to Angels and VCs.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

.  If the comment about "do enough things to us" is a reflection on potential investors who he thinks don't understand his business or can't help him, he should never do business with them. Who the entrepreneur takes money from (see this post ) is always more important than the terms.

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