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6 Keys To Managing Funding From People Close To You

Startup Professionals Musings

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Founders Finding Funding From Friends May Be Fools

Startup Professionals Musings

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Don’t Hurt Friends and Family Investors Who Love You

Startup Professionals Musings

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. Loans are easier than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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How To Take Money From Friends And Still Be Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. By definition, companies that receive venture capital cannot fund their businesses from operations, and thus need to seek outside capital.