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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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Building Your Startup’s Team—Find Talent and Empower It!

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by Christopher Calder | May 24, 2010, 6:32am EST

One of the first questions you’re going to ask yourself as you plan your next startup will be, “Who will I put on my team?” Think carefully, because building your startup’s team will affect every aspect of your fledgling business as it grows into a repeatable business model. A couple of years ago the temp [...]

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SEO For Startups – Top 7 Lessons

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by Cameron | Feb 23, 2010, 10:22am EST

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has become a hobby of mine over the last year. My first real introduction to SEO came about during a visit with the Founder/CEO of a Seattle startup named Optify. Over the course of demoing their app (which, in part, analyzes a site’s SEO performance) against one of my websites I [...]

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What Should I Build and For Whom?

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by Eric | Feb 18, 2010, 8:53am EST

We have spent a good amount of time discussing how to vet the the big idea, but we have spent precious little effort describing how to actually build a framework around testing it in actual use.  I’ve heard  Google often say, “Release early and iterate,” and while I agree, maybe if they had used the [...]

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What Will Consumers Pay For Online?

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by Eric | Feb 18, 2010, 8:34am EST

The internet gives and the internet taketh away.  Each year as services provided grows on the net, the amount of free content is tracking at an even greater pace.  Companies such as Apple and even Amazon are fighting hard to reverse this trend with new offerings, but the pace of free is all consuming. If [...]

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Funding Your Business — Another Perspective

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by Eric | Feb 18, 2010, 8:14am EST

Please find another real-world perspective on getting funded.  For many, the method here described is a most likely scenario.  This particular article by Clate Mask, the co-founder and CEO of software company Infusionsoft, makes three points at the end that I believe drive home a clear path to a fianancing success. “Get customers, show revenue [...]

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Venture Valuations Up 21% in 4th Quarter

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by Eric | Feb 17, 2010, 6:59am EST

Fenwick & West has released their survey of Venture valuations for the 4th quarter of 2009.  Good news is that valuations are up, pointing to the obvious; entrepreneurs are on the move.  This is not only terrific news for startups and entrepreneurs, but for America at large.

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