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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

The plummeting cost required to build a product, the radically reduced time to bring a product to market and the availability of angel capital willing to invest less than a traditional VCs– $100K – $1M versus $4M on up – has allowed these companies to proliferate – and their investors to make money.

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What type of capital should you raise, and from who?

David Teten

That said, venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive. The first step is to decide the right capital structure for your financing. SBA loans are available through SBA-approved banks and SBIC funds. A good resource for looking up SBICs is here.” .

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