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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success.

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7 Business Leadership Traits Persuade Customers Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, these are great, but they don’t happen without enlightened leadership coming first. Enlightenment refers to an interest in staying informed and approaching every interaction free of prejudice. Dynamic leadership refers to an energy or force that is spirited and magnetic.

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5 Priorities Before You Bypass Professional Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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6 Approaches To Problem-Solving From Today’s Leaders

Startup Professionals Musings

All the business leaders I know have noticed that the problems we all face today are becoming more complex, multifaceted, and our customers are more demanding. Of course, you have to stop talking and start really listening if you want to learn anything from questions. Don’t demand risk elimination by perfectionism.

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Every Startup Goes Through Distinctive Funding Phases

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Once you have some traction, you can approach venture capital organizations , with funding amounts of $1-10 million for the real rollout, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding.

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Hard Decisions Require Empathy

Both Sides of the Table

In the words of my friend and a CEO with whom I work, “Yeah, I know I need to make some cuts because our demand has changed, but I want to do this with a scalpel and not with an axe.” He showed industries where demand was likely to hold strong and he outlined a case for how he could protect as many jobs as possible. you should do it.

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5 Ways Crowdfunding Is Not A Panacea For New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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