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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

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Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Early Stage Web Start-Up Seeking Developers. Sounds like you pivoted from your original business model. Musings on Life and the American Dream. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. link] Mike.

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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How to Finance Your Startup: Advice from 10 Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

To help you better understand your choices — and learn how others have tackled the challenge — we asked a panel of Young Entrepreneur Council members the following questions: When you first started your business, how did you fund it? What advice do you have for entrepreneurs in the early stages who are considering their funding options?

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Beware The Consultant

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There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Pyramid Power. John Greathouse.

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