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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

David sold his recording equipment for $50,000 and they borrowed the rest of their seed money from a bank. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. David’s advice. Today, Check Maid operates in most major U.S. Alex’s advice.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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[Event] Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 To Hit Record 123 Countries

YoungUpstarts

Global Student Entrepreneur Awards: Students across the globe will convene at the New York Stock Exchange to compete for $150,000 in cash and business services as well as one year of mentorship with RedBox founder Mike DeLazzer.

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6 Ways To Make Your Startup More Attractive To Investors — Even With A Criminal History

YoungUpstarts

The now successful CEO and founder of Brown Butter New York, a company that produces high-end cooking butter, was once a court-described “menace to society” whose life was overrun by drugs, gang-related assault, and armed robbery. by Catherine Hoke, founder and CEO of Defy Ventures. But that’s the transformative power of opportunity.

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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

The explosion in seed funding, without a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round (Series A), may mean that you can’t get a second round and will be “orphaned” or die. Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. As soon as you get seed money, it’s time to start working on the next round.

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

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Your Money. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays. Clusterstock. Broker Center.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?