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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

As a summary, crowdfunding today can mean any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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Startup Fundraising 101: Getting Ready To Raise A Round

Tech Zulu Event

Be careful how you price this. Coworking and incubator spaces are great sources as are lawyers and bankers. Build your financial model from the bottom-up showing what your average sale looks like and how it feeds into your top level summary financial picture. Funding Vehicles. Convertible debt. Venture debt. Funding Strategy.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. Summary of Topics. Pierce reminds us that even with the closure of Silk Road, the price of Bitcoin didn’t drop, but rose. Get yourself up to speed by reading through JATI, Inc.’s

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Accelerators: a recent and positive trend

Berkonomics

Often I see executive summaries from entrepreneurs who have never managed any form of business, or even managed employees in their past life, and who don’t know the first thing about business formation and managing for growth. I used to tell them to find a partner with knowledge in business creation and management.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

Summary notes, as always, provide below. He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. It was a pleasure to write them myself.