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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. Woo the press.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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5 Ways To Check Your Investor Intent Before Signing

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

We can all aspire to grow companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

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Large Corporations Fail To Innovate Like Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

We can all aspire to grow companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

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