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Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model

Steve Blank

The Search for the Business Model. A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Investors bet on a startup CEO to find the repeatable and scalable business model. They may draw their business model formally or they may keep the pieces in their head.

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Grant Applications Often Provide Early-Stage Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business. Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S.

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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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Get Investors Onboard With Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Roughly 27 percent of startups can’t get the funding they need to take their business to the next level, according to the National Association of Small Businesses. For the last eight quarters, the number of angel and seed stage deals has declined, according to an Eisner Amper VC report.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. Government programs.

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8 Entrepreneur Mistakes That Turn Off Real Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Lack of intellectual property.

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8 Funding Proposal Red Flags Every Startup Can Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Lack of intellectual property.