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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. m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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10 Recommendations For Aspiring New Venture Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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Once again: Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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10 Creativity Mistakes Jeopardize Long-Term Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is my summary of the ten top creativity mistakes we both still see too often: Criticize any new idea or employee suggestion. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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8 Steps For Moving From A Business Dream To Results

Startup Professionals Musings

An elevator pitch is a problem-solution summary that anyone can understand in a sixty-second ride up to their office in an elevator. There are many resources out there to help you make it happen, including incubators, accelerators, advisors, mentors, and even investors. Avoid fuzzy goals, like making big money or being a market leader.

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