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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.

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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

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A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. and NASA, as well as universities.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.

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Scaling a Business by Cloning Yourself is Tough

Startup Professionals Musings

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. You can’t measure, scale, or patent a service process that is not clearly documented. Define and document the service process you sell.

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10 Ways To Make A BAD First Impression On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an Angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.

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Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors

Startup Professionals Musings

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. You can’t measure, scale, or patent a service process that is not clearly documented. Define and document the service process you sell.

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