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Investors Don’t Fund Your Start-up Only to Have You to Figure Out What to do Next
Posted on 08 March 2010
Most entrepreneurs come to investors with an “idea” or “concept”, looking to receive investor’s monies only to allow them to figure out what to do next. This is a very misplaced approach and is guaranteed to turn investors off. With this approach, more often than not, you will get an immediate rejection with no explanation. [...] Continue Reading
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Assimilation of the Appropriate Research Data and Real World Input will Help Impress Potential Investors
Posted on 22 February 2010
Many times entrepreneurs believe that having a business “concept” or “idea” is enough to get their potential investors interested in investing in their start-up company. Nothing can be further from the truth. This may work for “friends and family” investors, but sophisticated investors often take three or more months to do their due diligence on [...] Continue Reading
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Entrepreneurs, Take Your Time When Choosing Key Personnel for Your Executive Management Team
Posted on 08 February 2010
Choosing the right executive management team for your start-up company can make the difference between getting funded and not getting funded. Once investors “like” the business proposition, their investment decision primarily rests on the quality, experience and depth of the start-up company’s executive management team. Therefore, choosing the right executive management team members is a [...] Continue Reading
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Three Things to Focus on Before You Get in Front of Investors
Posted on 25 January 2010
Entrepreneurs have a lot of things to focus on when developing their business concept into a fundable business plan. Assuming you have a solid business proposition and long term competitive advantage in the market, there are three things you need to focus on before you get in front of your first angel group or venture [...] Continue Reading
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Entrepreneurs, Trade Shows Can Be Useful Events to Move Your Start-up Company Forward
Posted on 11 January 2010
As the entrepreneur of a start-up company you need to take advantage of anything that will help move your company forward. Trade shows are focused events that often only take place once a year. Generally, these events bring together a broad set of senior management and other individuals with a common interest in technologies, products [...] Continue Reading
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Entrepreneurs, Expanding Beyond Your Core Competencies will Help You Define Success in the Market
Posted on 14 December 2009
Start-up companies and large companies alike have a set of core competencies that define the company, their product and service offerings, and their position in the market. More often than not it is this set of core competencies that provide the company with their baseline competitive advantage in the market. Often, for start-up companies, these [...] Continue Reading
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