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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Join a startup incubator. The good news is that the cost for new startups is at an all-time low.

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10 Tips For A New Venture To Survive The Early Years

Startup Professionals Musings

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. The good news is that the cost for new startups is at an all-time low. Apply for contests and business grants.

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10 Financing Alternatives For Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Join a startup incubator. The good news is that the cost for new startups is at an all-time low.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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10 Keys To A Startup Surviving The First Five Years

Startup Professionals Musings

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator. The good news is that the cost for new startups is at an all-time low. Apply for contests and business grants.

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10 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Meet Cash Flow Peaks

Startup Professionals Musings

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. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause. In addition to that, Tom works with the National Institute of Aerospace and proposed the creation and funding of a small business incubator (Peninsula Technology Incubator or PTI). He has over a decade of portfolio management in capital markets.