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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

Many companies need venture capital funding, including startups. The process of getting venture capital funding may be difficult, but it pays off in a cash infusion for your business which may be able to make the difference between failure and success. What is Venture Capital Funding?

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10 Financing Alternatives For Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

Scalable startups require risk capital to fund their search for a business model, and they attract investment from equally crazy financial investors – venture capitalists. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. but then the government got out of the way.

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

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6 Realistic Tactics For Funding Charitable Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously, these companies still need money to get started, or finance growth, just like a for-profit company. Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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10 Tips For A New Venture To Survive The Early Years

Startup Professionals Musings

According to my experience and this Motley Fool article from a few years ago, the challenge is very real, with around half of all new businesses no longer existing after five years. Apply for contests and business grants. It’s the time when you create tremendous value out of nothing.

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The Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I presented to 1,000’s of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had 9 interviews, chatted with 8 VC’s, sat on 4 panels, talked policy with 2 government ministers, 2 members of parliament, 1 head of a public pension fund and was in 1 TV-documentary. a government that’s trying to help, but gets in the way.

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