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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

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Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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The Demographics Of New Venture Founders Are Changing

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, according to the latest trend data and press reports , these Baby Boomers have grown yearly to 41 percent of small business owners, second only to Gen-X, at 44 percent. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood.

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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, according to the latest Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent press reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. With longer life expectancies and greater health in later life, older generations are moving to start new firms -- and mentor young entrepreneurs.

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5 Tips For Making Your Whole Team A Marketing Machine

Startup Professionals Musings

That doesn’t mean that everyone needs to participate in creating the typical marketing hype, or needs to face the press on a regular basis. You need them not only to close business, but also to keep internal productivity and motivation high, and to use their own social media and friends to spread the word.