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5 Strategies From The Military For Tackling Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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5 Steps To A Winning Assault On The Army Of Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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5 Logistical Steps For Startups Seeking Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Lessons From The Military On Winning Funding Battles

Startup Professionals Musings

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices

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We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We''ve raised around $72 million now in equity capital. Back to Kareo--what''s next for you?

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5 Military Lessons For Entrepreneurs Raising Money

Startup Professionals Musings

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Logistics Required Before Approaching Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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