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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. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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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. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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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. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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5 Ways To Check Your Investor Intent Before Signing

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. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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American Immigration: The Invisible Wall to Innovation

Tech Zulu Event

According to the official press release on Senator Moran’s blog. Yes, it is a floating crusade to be located 12 miles offshore of San Francisco free from immigration regulation. Accelerating the commercialization of university research. Attracting and retaining entrepreneurial talent. Encouraging pro-growth state and local policies,”.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

It has even gone so far that we now have evocative headlines in the tech press such as “ Buy or Die ,” which is what got me thinking about this post. But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. Woo the press.

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