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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

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Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. Intent : Investor / entrepreneur conflicts often arise when a company contemplates an exit opportunity. An entrepreneur who fails to modify their behavior as a company matures is a victim of Founderitis.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. Intent : Investor / entrepreneur conflicts often arise when a company contemplates an exit opportunity. An entrepreneur who fails to modify their behavior as a company matures is a victim of Founderitis.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

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Ever heard of the band “Five Cool What?” Not surprisingly, Five Cool What never spoke with Ron again and failed to score a safety, let alone a touchdown. There are a number of entrepreneurial lessons which can be drawn from Five Cool What’s naive mishandling of their potentially big break. I am not surprised.

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What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Once people who do not know you and have no vested interest in your company's success begin expending their time, money and resources to leverage your value proposition, you are gaining traction. Five broad sources of independent, third-party validation are: Customers, Partners, Distributors, Industry Experts and other Stakeholders.

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Four Recruiting Lessons From Grandpa

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The following guest post is from Eric Gaydos, Buzz Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Do you want either one? Share and Enjoy.

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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

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Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. I promise I will never tweet about MBA hating or that killer burrito I just ate.

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How To Avoid (Another) Horrible Boss

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Below are a five suggestions that may help you avoid another unhealthy career move. I did this twice in my career and it allowed me to assess the people, culture and veracity of the company's value proposition before I joined full time. Ostensibly, your purpose is to learn general information about the company, its culture, etc.

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