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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

Startup Professionals Musings

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion. The others go home, empty-handed, but typically energized, rather than defeated.

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8 Big Startup Myths That Hold Entrepreneurs Back From Success

crowdSPRING Blog

They can’t rely on existing markets or customer awareness to help generate interest. Customers can be reluctant to try something they don’t understand or they haven’t seen before. While it’s true that you sometimes need to spend money to make money, the amount of money you need to spend is where things get murkier.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. When we were starting Viaweb,I didnt know about the concept of an accredited investor, anddidnt stop to think about the value of investors connections.The reason I didnt take money from my parents was that I didntwant them to lose it.