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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

Startup Professionals Musings

with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. While I recognize that there continues to be a shortage of venture capital for new entrepreneurs, compared to the demand, don’t succumb to the temptation to take funds from investors that you are not totally comfortable with.

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7 Strategies To Prepare For Global Market Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

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7 Ways To Prepare For A Growing Global Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S.

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