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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

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I’m a mom, a full-time sales manager, and recruiter. Entrepreneurs need to find a way to get traction (sales) without funding. Moreover, only 13% of these successful campaigns raised over $20k. It’s because pitching is making a sale and all sales are made emotionally and followed up with logic. What does that mean?

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7 Equity Crowdfunding Risks Feared By Many Investors

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According to Yahoo Finance , less than a third of crowdfunding campaigns currently reach their goals, and the rest have to return anything they do collect. Professional investors like to keep tight control of capitalization tables and all stock owners, to facilitate their own payoff when a sale, merger, or public stock offering is held.

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