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6 Keys To Managing Funding From People Close To You

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them.

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The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them.

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Founders Finding Funding From Friends May Be Fools

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their recent book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them.

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How To Take Money From Friends And Still Be Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them.

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5 Ways to Make Your Startup a Choice Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing.

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