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Insights and Opinions: How To Network In 10 Easy Steps

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In spite of what you see on Shark Tank, your food business isn't gonna get serious interest from a group of high tech investors. Personal services, too, are treated like a skunk at a lawn party, no pizza parlors or beauty parlors either. Cookies and ice cream, apparently they do get funded on TV.

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The Smartest Entrepreneurs Bootstrap Their Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. When you have invented a new technology, you need expensive models and testing, including samples for potential customers.

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Don’t Look For Investors for All the Wrong Reasons

Startup Professionals Musings

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. When you have invented a new technology, you need expensive models and testing, including samples for potential customers.

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Most Entrepreneurs Should Never Bring On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. When you have invented a new technology, you need expensive models and testing, including samples for potential customers.