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Getting money for your start-up is, quite simply, a huge pain in the ass. Some people are lucky enough to have a windfall of cash, or have stumbled upon a project that took off enough to fund their bigger ideas. However, many of us have to pound the pavement looking for capital when trying to do something big. Let me start this off by saying that raising capital can be incredibly complicated and that there are more sharks in the water than friends who will do anything to buy off an equity stake, kick you out and run with the majority of the profits. Be careful.