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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

With rare exception, you will need to finance personally (or with friends and family to the point of revenue and/or significant customer pre-order or commitment). If you are pre-revenue, have pre-sales, letters of intent and/or customer commitments. Remember, help is only a mentor away. At TCVN, you are never alone.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

“Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” “Not only did we bring in more investors, but they became loyal customers and proud evangelists for our products,” says Shaw. TCVN News' Be coachable. “Angels aren’t focused only on ROI,” says Tech Coast Angels’ Sudek.

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