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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. They also look for entrepreneurs they know from past experience and warm introductions, or for evidence that you have previously built a successful startup, and sold your last one for maybe $800 million.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. They also look for entrepreneurs they know from past experience and warm introductions, or for evidence that you have previously built a successful startup, and sold your last one for maybe $800 million.

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10 Ways To Make A BAD First Impression On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. They also look for entrepreneurs they know from past experience and warm introductions, or for evidence that you have previously built a successful startup, and sold your last one for maybe $800 million.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. They also look for entrepreneurs they know from past experience and warm introductions, or for evidence that you have previously built a successful startup, and sold your last one for maybe $800 million.

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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. They also look for entrepreneurs they know from past experience and warm introductions, or for evidence that you have previously built a successful startup, and sold your last one for maybe $800 million.

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Entrepreneurs Should Create A Degree – Not Buy One Off The Rack

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However, off-the-shelf majors are typically not suited to the eclectic skills required to succeed in the startup world. Like a sheepeople, I dutifully signed up for the required classes. Proposed Startup Curriculum. When trying to cobble together a startup degree, consider the following categories of classes.

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10 Keys To Investor-Friendly New Venture Financials

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need to attract investors to your startup, your financial projections have to be as attractive as the idea. The problem is that these business financials are future projections, while the idea is “now,” so you believe the idea can do most of the selling. Project growth equal to or better than current premium startups.

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