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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model.

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. angels crowdfunding entrepreneur investor'

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. The platform approach we took allows teams and companies and venues to access the best functionality, at a subcription price, rather than a custom development price. What's the biggest lesson you've learned here so far as an entrepreneur?

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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He saw that the industry was being disrupted globally, and actually started with the idea of building a new company that could be scalable, and flexible, and offer delivery of that content at competitive pricing. We bought our first company in 2017 to create this, and we rolled up a few companies to bring this vision to life.

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Interview with Hamilton Chan, PaperLinks

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You could get the price, learn more about that furniture, and figure out the retail outlets and stores that carry that chair. I ended up representing people like Kobe Bryant, MGM, and others, but I realized I wanted to be an entrepreneur and that it is in my blood. Was it difficult going from print to mobile application development?

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

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Back in the day, when you went to Amazon, you ended up at Amazon Germany, where everything was in German, and prices were in German Marks. We've noticed many international entrepreneurs locating here recently, like yourself. I saw Amazon.com, but knew that Amazon.com had no presence in Finland. You had a hard time buying anything.

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