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5 Venture Periods Call For Unique Funding Strategies

Startup Professionals Musings

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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5 Startup Stages And The Right Investors For Each One

Startup Professionals Musings

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback. Photo: Alan Levine.

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How To Find Money Based On Your New Venture Progress

Startup Professionals Musings

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small.

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How To Get The Right Investor To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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How To Match Your Startup Stage To Investor Interest

Startup Professionals Musings

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

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