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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years.

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5 Ways to Make Your Startup a Choice Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

The single most important ingredient of success is not the idea, but having a team in place that has impeccable integrity, can iterate the product quickly, pivot the business model as necessary, and keep costs down in the process. Angel investors look for prior domain and startup experience. Funding risk. Exit strategy.

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