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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Facts: A startup does not necessarily have to begin with an exit strategy in mind. When Johnny Earle, the founder of Johnny Cupcakes, started in 2001, he didn’t make baked goods; he sold t-shirts about baked goods! He turned his startup capital of $6,700 into $1.2 What is a Startup? million after five years.

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Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe’s economy

The Next Web

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. Access to capital continues to be a challenge in Europe. Large companies also provide an important ‘exit strategy’ for startups.

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5 Reasons “Boring” Details Are As Essential As “Big” Ideas For Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

Procuring venture capital funding or business angels who put up with seed capital or expansion capital can be helpful and exciting. However, these investors have their own exit strategy which typically follows after a strong period of growth of the company.

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