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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Discover an audience of eager buyers, and then focus on customer segmentation. Start on your good idea.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable.

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The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

VC Cafe

An SFGate article reports that the venture has raised more than $90 million in seed capital, as of April 2012. Without venture capital funding, these educational startups wouldn’t have the ability to get started. When those services and products are being distributed for free, it makes paying the bills even harder.

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What Angels Look For In a Pitch Deck

Business Plan Blog

Distribution and Marketing—Do you have traction; how to build traction? When you are pitching this part of your deck, the audience should be engaged and confirming what you are saying. How will you get your product distributed? Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. Problem definition. Competition.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Find a location that has a target rich audience (aka Bar). 1) creates inbound links (SEO), 2) brand awareness (Audience), 3) very small percent convert. Typically it goes one lead: $200K+, couple medium pro’s: $50-$100K, then strategic guys at $25K (sometimes $10K for ultra strategic / domain expertise / distribution / etc).

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

I want to help the best brands around the world find their voice so that their target audience can find them quickly when in need of their products or services. Setting up a publishing company to internationally distribute the book, initially in 3-4 languages. 12- Raising $500,000 in pre-seed capital.