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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. 504: The 504 is a fixed rate loan program serviced by local banks and guaranteed at 90% by the federal government to purchase (or construct) a new property, including its related soft costs, equipment and fixtures for your business.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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We are not taking the incubator approach…we would invest on the same terms alongside the other investors and we would make sure to be a very, very small piece of the round and not to crowd out anybody.”. 3) If you were writing your book Pitching Hacks today, how would your advice differ ? The whole environment has changed.

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The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them.

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10 Ways for Startups to Expand Their Reach in 2012

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve netted out his and others to create the following basic strategy for entrepreneurial growth: Apply your core competency to related markets. New products or services to existing customers. Add services that are complementary to your product. Or add products that are complementary to your services.

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Omkar Kulkarni On The Cedars-Sinai, Techstars Health Accelerator

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Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. We'd like to see the companies have a product or service, and have a founding team, dedicated full time to their product or service. Suddenly, you're surrounded by those people on a daily basis.

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