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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Are you a startup or ongoing business? For example, many ongoing businesses have access to standard business loans from a traditional bank that would not be available to startups. I’ll have more on that later, too.

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Do You Know How to Pitch Your Startup in Social Situations?

Up and Running

It can be hard to pitch your startup, but with a little practice, you’ll be able to naturally bring it up in social situations—without feeling pushy or rehearsed. But finding natural ways to pitch your startup may still seem like the most daunting task you’ve faced yet. Networking is the key to finding investors.

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Do I need a PPM for my startup’s financing?

Austin Startup

Most tech startups never prepare one. PPM stands for “Private Placement Memorandum.” You can think of it as the private company equivalent of an S-1 , the long disclosure document that companies produce when going IPO. In dense startup ecosystems, PPMs are rare. TL;DR : Legally speaking, probably not.

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Why Finders Are Losers

The Startup Lawyer

Whenever a startup considers paying a “finder&# for successful investor introductions, I have the same type of conversation with the founders that goes something like this: – Startup : “Finder&# knows a lot of investors and he’ll introduce us if we pay him [6]% of all capital raised through the introductions.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Learn more about Techstars , a startup accelerator program. 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail – (9:31). Take your idea there.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Below is a recap of the private placement transactions of the last three months. Multiphy Networks Ltd. cVidya Networks Inc. Mobile Max Technologies Ltd (TASE:MBMX). Feb-21-2010. Feb-21-2010.