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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Start by checking the profile and credentials of investor principals on LinkedIn and industry associations.

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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

This myth ignores the complexity surrounding ethical decision making, particularly within business organizations. Don’t follow the examples of institutions in the recent financial meltdown, or certain oil companies working offshore, or the many smaller company examples we have seen in our own neighborhoods.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Start by checking the profile and credentials of investor principals on LinkedIn and industry associations.

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How Gigmor Is Looking To Connect Musicians With Gigs, with David Baird

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Santa Monica-based Gigmor (www.gigmor.com) is an online marketplace for musicians, and recently expanded beyond connecting musicians with each other, to connecting musicians with venues, club organizers, and others. What is Gigmor? David Baird: We're a live music marketplace. David Baird: That's a great question. How long do you have?

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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

This myth ignores the complexity surrounding ethical decision making, particularly within business organizations. Don’t follow the examples of institutions in the recent financial meltdown, or certain oil companies working offshore, or the many smaller company examples we have seen in our own neighborhoods.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Start by checking the profile and credentials of investor principals on LinkedIn and industry associations.

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7 Cultural Myths That Can Destroy Your Moral Compass

Startup Professionals Musings

This myth ignores the complexity surrounding ethical decision making, particularly within business organizations. Don’t follow the examples of institutions in the recent financial meltdown, or certain oil companies working offshore, or the many smaller company examples we have seen in our own neighborhoods.