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The Company Milestones Angel Investors Care About

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The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. If your business can secure any intellectual property rights now would be the time to do it. Intellectual Property.

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How To Allocate Friends & Family Startup Capital

Business Plan Blog

If your business can secure any intellectual property rights now would be the time to do it. Common types of IP rights include copyright, trademarks, patents, design rights, and trade secrets. While all of these milestones are vital to the success of raising seed capital, market validation is towards the top of the list.

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

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I can’t offer any amazing technology or IP, but I can solve a few problems by just doing it “right”, and not the way it’s being forced on people right now. the overseas business is a $billion security market. We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor.