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Can Your New Venture Pass The Scrutiny Of Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

If your startup is great enough to get a term sheet from angel investors or a venture capitalist, the next step for the investor is to complete the dreaded due diligence process. Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. Validation of product.

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8 Tasks To Prepare You For Starting Your Own Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts. It helps to advertise your new presence with a grand opening, viral video, and traditional advertising to highlight entry into the arena.

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9 Business Model Components For New Business Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

As a former angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Many businesses these days serve both paying and non-paying customers, such as Google and Facebook, who count on millions of non-paying users to attract advertisers, who really pay the bill. Value propositions.

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7 Considerations For Setting Your Bottom Line Balance

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting and running any business is hard work, so the last thing you need is “success” with no satisfaction. As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities. Even informal results can be your best advertising.

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PC Mall Opens Daily Deals Site

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PC Mall said the new site is rolling out a beta in Chicago, Los Angels, and Seattle, offering off discounts on national brands, local restaurants, spa and salon services, and more. PC Mall said that its focus with OnSale is helping provide long term profitability and satisfaction to its merchant partners.

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8 Challenges To Overcome In The Growth Of Hyperlocal

Startup Professionals Musings

Most people have heard of Foursquare for local nightlife and Airbnb for rooms, but other nationally recognized sources for local services are still hard to find, including social media, local news, advertising, and event calendars. I still hear often the dream of a free service to users, supported by advertising, per the Facebook model.

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9 Elements Of Every New Venture That Investors Expect

Startup Professionals Musings

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Many businesses these days serve both paying and non-paying customers, such as Google and Facebook, who count on millions of non-paying users to attract advertisers, who really pay the bill. Value propositions.

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