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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. For some entrepreneurs, raising financing can seem like a full time job, particularly in these trying times. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong. Well not, wrong exactly.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Meredith Perry came up with the idea for uBeam while still in college at University of Pennsylvania and like many great inventors won her school’s business plan competition. Through many meetings discussing strategy, approach, recruiting, financing, etc. Were they ambitious? Did they have the right skills?

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Saving for the Future: 4 Easy Finance Tips You Can Trust

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Everybody in Pennsylvania wants to enjoy a certain sense of security and surety with their finances when they reach a more mature age. Saving for retirement should not be that difficult if you live in Pennsylvania. The post Saving for the Future: 4 Easy Finance Tips You Can Trust appeared first on WECAN.

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Entrepreneurs And Small Businesses Thrive With These 5 Tech Tools

YoungUpstarts

Prior to his current position as CEO and Founder of Fundbox, he served as a Vice President at Battery Ventures where he led many projects and investments in the areas of finance, machine learning, SMBs and SaaS. Eyal earned his MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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How to Start a Successful Dental Practice

Up and Running

Dr. Len Tau, owner of the Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence, and Dr. Frank DiCicco, owner of Manhattan-based Central Park South Dentistry, were willing to share some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way. A business plan describes your business, sets goals, defines your customer base, and addresses finances.

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

So they can even see how is your performance in Texas compared to your performance in Pennsylvania. We have a lot of sales data, some finance data, although people are a little less likely to share that even though it's anonymous. And nationwide, they have nationwide coverage. Social media. Yeah, CRM data.

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The Story of How/Why K9 Invested in Pragli

K9 Ventures

HiHello has a remote team of engineers – in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and California. I am pleased that I/K9 Ventures got to lead the Pre-Seed round of financing for Pragli. The Sun Starfire vision was missing one piece though — it felt a little bit invasive when it came to privacy (watch the video). .

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