Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant. Fund your startup yourself. Your business is yours alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2017

Learn how to get found online, how to create effective email marketing campaigns, how to build an online presence, and much more. My Google Primer lesson has just gone live: “ Start Small and Grow on Your Own with Bootstrapping ”. So instead of relying on outsiders, you’re “pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Luckily, there are some new entrants and approaches to seed-stage funding -- if you know whom to ask -- that can supplement the friends, family and bootstrapping approaches traditionally recommended. Here they are: A crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign online. Request a small business grant. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.

Equity 120

Equity SBA Small Business Administration Syndication 120