Equity Funding Incubator Study 
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 2, 2023
If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 18, 2021
If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 14, 2014
According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Use crowd funding.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 13, 2015
If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.
Xconomy
JUNE 10, 2016
Plans for new incubators were announced in two different cities. Guardant is funding a series of trials around the country in people whose genetic or lifestyle profiles put them at high risk of five types of cancer. We’ve got those stories, plus a spate of financings and deals, a legal feud, and other news below.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 8, 2015
According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Join a startup incubator.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Solicit funds from friends and family.
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