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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. Remember, help is only a mentor away. At TCVN, you are never alone. My advice, boot-strap, pre-sell, keep costs low, and don’t do it if you can avoid it! Traditional Bank Loans. Virginia Lorimor, CPA.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

“The high-net-worth individuals [who] make up the angel universe tend to take extended vacations in the summer and the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s,” says Jennifer Naylor, an angel investor with Golden Seeds in New York. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.”

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