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Why Starting with NO Kills

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by Eric | May 17, 2011, 9:18am EST

I was reading from one of my favorite blogs today authored by Seth Godin. Seth has an uncanny way of describing something that hits at our core, and does so with very few words. For those of you that do not know Seth, here is a link to his blog. What follows below is a [...]

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Startup Funding: What Exactly Not to Say

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by Eric | Sep 2, 2010, 7:00am EST

Funding a startup is tough business.  I have written in the past lots of articles on what to say as well as what to include. Additionally, I wrote a piece back in Feburary entitled: “Startup Business Plan — How an Investor will Evaluate “Your” plan.” Today, I’d like to include an article penned by Cynthia [...]

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Startup Funding: Should You Allow a Liquidation Preference?

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by Eric | Aug 6, 2010, 7:49am EST

Startup funding is all about the deal. As with many disciplines of finance, choosing the right terms for your startup can go in many different directions. Along with valuation, I cannot think of a single term more significant than the “liquidation preference.” I’m a big fan of Fred Wilson, and recently he weighed in on [...]

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Raising Capital: A New Trend

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by Eric | Jul 31, 2010, 6:22pm EST

Raising capital for a startup is tough business. Most entrepreneurs spend the majority of their time thinking about product features, market fit, team building, launch strategy and on and on. The big ugly that sneaks up is of course, funding. In the past, a startup would begin by hitting up friends and family. Next, the [...]

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Startup: Tapping the Angel Investment Market

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by Eric | Jul 26, 2010, 10:49am EST

Getting your startup funded is always a work in progress.  You have probably heard of Warren Buffet refer to the Lemmings effect, well in Angel investing, a good deal is like a feeding frenzy. Below is a link to an article from Fred Wilson that speaks to this very point.  If you are considering tapping [...]

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Three Steps to Getting Your Startup Funded

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by Christopher Calder | Jun 7, 2010, 8:01am EST

Getting funded is tough. Whether it’s angel investment or venture capital you’re after, your chances of actually finding investors are slim. The following are three ideas for helping you secure the capital that your startup needs. 1. It’s not just the idea, it’s the people. Sure, a revolutionary idea, competitive advantage, or even an initial [...]

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Why Startup Management is NOT like Running an Established Company

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by Eric | May 11, 2010, 2:47pm EST

(What follows is a guest post by one of our resident interns Christopher Calder.) Startups are surprisingly different from their well-established corporate cousins. This difference extends beyond the symptomatic traits and into the core of each organization’s purpose. While a large company mainly works to efficiently implement a proven business model, a startup seeks to [...]

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