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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

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We also offer some advice for writing your application, to make sure your proposal is as competitive as possible. We understand that writing a grant application might seem like a daunting process, especially if you’re a first-timer. Follow the instructions carefully – Don’t go off-piste when writing your application.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

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I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

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For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins.

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Next Generation Hardware | Miselu Presents Musical Democracy at SXSW

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Press, Pause, Play ‘s message of mediocrity is one that musical hardware device maker of this year’s SXSW, Miselu , plans to overcome. We can honestly say that it couldn’t have gone better for us with the phenomenal response we got from artists, press and potential partners. What are your next moves?

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

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In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays. LPs have followed the recent press about the over-valuation and over-funding of the startup industry, and they experience these phenomena first hand. LPs See The Over-Valuations and Don’t Like It.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. And that’s what I love about her narrative. Here’s what I learned about Tracy: 1. She started her business from a personal need.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

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Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. One company might be growing its revenue at 50% per year and the other might be growing at 5% per year.

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