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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. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. only accredited investors can use crowdfunding sites such as EquityNet to buy ownership in their favorite startup.

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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

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10 Keys To A Credible and Trusted Internet Web Domain

Startup Professionals Musings

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad.

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10 Ways To Highlight The Credibility Of Your Website

Startup Professionals Musings

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Follow-up for customer satisfaction.

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10 Keys For Responding To A Reputation Crisis Online

Startup Professionals Musings

I have to point out that the rest of the world looks for you online before visiting your business, finds talk about you on Yelp and social media sites, and what they see can make or break your business. Today your reputation online is more important than your price, service, or location. Define indicators and measure impact and results.

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How To Manage Online Reviews and Business Reputation

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your business is landscaping, it’s well worth your time as the owner to make one last call on every customer a week after completion, to check their satisfaction, clear up any oversights, ask for a testimonial, and probably get some follow-on work. Some industry sites will remove comments at your request.