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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

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Philadelphia-based startup LaunchRock thinks a company’s “coming soon” page should be more than a placeholder; it should be a place for users to sign up and provide a way to share a new startup with friends. Here are four tricks startups have used to make it happen. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved.

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How to Fund a Startup

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Some angel investors join together in syndicates. Stage 2: Angel Round While writing the prototype, the group has been traversing theirnetwork of friends in search of angel investors. Its not a coincidence you havent heard of manystartups from Philadelphia. [ Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.