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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

The benefits of using incubators and accelerators are fairly straightforward: not only do they offer seed capital, but they also help encourage the startup’s success. The amount of capital can vary, ranging from $150,000 and up, and they typically require equity in exchange for the funding.

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We Need More Entrepreneurs In Congress

Feld Thoughts

Martin is running for Congress in Upstate New York (District 22) as an Independent. He moved his family back to his home town of Little Falls NY in 1999 to be closer to his parents (and his kids grandparents) and then commuted to Silicon Valley for 11 years while running TriNet.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). How can we attract attention from investors and press in silicon valley without moving there? Google won’t care.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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