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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me).

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

We keep hearing about lean start-ups and how much costs have dropped when launching and growing a business. You could say the entrepreneurs aren't thinking big enough and hence aren't selling a vision worth financing with larger rounds. Entrepreneurs need to get the skillset necessary to be players outside of Europe.

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