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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. Michael Kleist: My business partner and I were both originally from San Diego. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. Tell us about your backers?

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. So far at the company I have raised seed funds of $500,000 of which $470,000 is still in the bank so I’m in pretty good shape. Page 3: Competition. Don’t be frazzled … this is just the way it is.