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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. Product pre-order model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. Product pre-order model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. And of course the funding problem coincided with the stock market correction that took away most exit options for years to come. The Exit Problem.