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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 29, 2022
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Pre-order crowd funding. Kickstarter is the big player in this space.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 25, 2012
The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2015
msuster looking for an inspired post on when an exclusivity deal (w/ major industry player) works (cons as well) for an early stage tech co. — As the desk-based Internet emerged it was initially sold through telecom carriers (after players like AOL and EarthLink innovated the market). PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 23, 2015
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.
InfoChachkie
JULY 18, 2011
When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. The players who go first have a higher probability of landing on an available property during their initial trips around the board.
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