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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. So, if you reference Software as a Service, you might want to add, “A piece of software you access through the internet and is paid for on a subscription basis, like Salesforce.com.” What does that mean?

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On the Road to Recap:

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The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. The reason these terms can produce returns by themselves is that they set the stage for a rejiggering of the capitalization table at some point in the future. Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.” The adjustment does not happen now, it will happen later.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

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I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process. They never worked with startups who needed to put together private placement memos for investors, capitalization tables and all of those things.