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7 Secrets To Bank Equity Funding Without Collateral

Startup Professionals Musings

The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they generally don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Bankers do not contribute equity.

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7 Tips To Getting A Bank Interested In Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Bankers do not contribute equity.

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How Can An Entrepreneur Qualify For A Bank Loan?

Startup Professionals Musings

The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Bankers do not contribute equity.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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A Savvy Startup Always Builds a Great Loan Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). A winning product or service. Provide a simple yet complete description of your product or service and its competitive marketplace. Bankers do not contribute equity.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” ” If you don’t create the message about yourself, the market will. And if you want to be a CEO one day you need the messaging to reflect that. He still has the dream.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

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As outlined in Beware the Consultant , be wary when selecting a professional services firm. Like most mature markets, the legal profession is highly segmented with respect to the services provided and markets served. Even so, the majority of firms focus on servicing well-established BDC’s. Substance Over Form.