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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Using your bank credit line and credit cards: Even with the credit crunch signaled by the recent threat of recession, many banks will issue business credit cards with a $50,000 limit if the entrepreneur is willing to personally guarantee the balance, and has the net worth to do so. These include Y-Combinator and TechStars, among others.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Using your bank credit line and credit cards: Even with the credit crunch signaled by the recent recession, many banks will issue business credit cards with a $50,000 limit if the entrepreneur is willing to personally guarantee the balance, and has the net worth to do so. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. and then asking to take a brochure home with you.

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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels

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And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. The thing I learned personally in that deal, is it really focused me on how important the entrepreneur and management team are. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. Mike Napoli: Obviously, it's still tough.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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Any CEO worth his or her salt knows that her investors get an insane amount of emails and often spend 8+ hours / day in meetings (board meetings, pitches, partner meetings, LP meetings, corporate relationship meetings) so often email is done on the run on one’s iPhone or in the early morning / late evening. Always seek input.

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5 Steps To Reduce Due Diligence Investment Failures

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Others schedule long and exhaustive practice and coaching sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone tells the most positive and consistent story. Startup equity investments imply a long-term business relationship, lasting five years or longer.

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

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The women in the program commit $5,000 and invest as a group of woman in a social venture in exchange for equity. In addition with investing, there are members of the Pipeline Fellowship who individually invested into another company they have met through the Pitch Summit. Pitching isn’t a zero-sum game.

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