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7 Secrets To Bank Equity Funding Without Collateral

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed. A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. An impressive team.

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7 Tips To Getting A Bank Interested In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed. A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. An impressive team.

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How Can An Entrepreneur Qualify For A Bank Loan?

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition''s, and why it will succeed. A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. An impressive team.

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Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Tech may be the tool, but hospitality – making life a little easier, more comfortable, and more enjoyable for your customer, is the winning focus.

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A Savvy Startup Always Builds a Great Loan Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed. A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. An impressive team.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios. Valuation.

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Many Startups Stumble on International Cultures

Startup Professionals Musings

Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. We retained legal council in Milan and were advised that we would loose if the case went to trial.

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