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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

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Be sure to include this in your “elevator pitch,” which you must always deliver as a prelude to your technology features. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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6 Tips On Positioning Your Needs For Investor Funding

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These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

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6 Keys To Successfully Addressing Investor Questions

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

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The Correct Answers to 'How Will You Use My Money?'

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These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

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6 Guidelines For Proper Responses To Investor Queries

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These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.

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6 Principles For Proper Use Of Funds From Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, even viral marketing requires real money, for events and promotions. A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Make sure allocation amounts are reasonable.