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It’s very fashionable these days to declare yourself a social entrepreneur, working for the good of society, the environment and a better life. Most social entrepreneurs don’t like to talk about making money, but often they still ask for help finding investors. As an adviser, I have to tell them th Read More
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Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements to their own team, to investors, and even to customers. This approach only makes these important constituents question your integrity, intelligence, and your understanding Read More
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As an advisor to entrepreneurs and active angel investor, I often get questions about the realism of the Shark Tank TV series, compared to professional investor negotiations. The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley. Yet Read More
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Even the best products and solutions won’t go anywhere unless you sell them through the right channels. For example, if you watch the TV show “Shark Tank,” you will remember several entrepreneurs with specialty products doing well online who want money to move into big box retail. They usually get Read More
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One of the myths I often hear as an advisor to many entrepreneurs is that their lifestyle would somehow be better if they could more easily find other people’s money to build their startup. They don’t realize that according to statistics, more than 90 percent of satisfied entrepreneurs use bootstra Read More
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Startups don’t last forever -- they either mature into sustainable businesses, get merged into another business or acquired, or sadly join the 50 percent or more that fail in the first five years. Very few startup founders even want to stick around for the long haul, since their passion and experti Read More
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The 10 Most Expensive Startup Failures in History

Avatar Posted by stephenswebbel under Startups
From http://startupfundraising.com 3085 days ago
Made Hot by: PMVirtual on June 8, 2016 11:43 am
It is demonstrated over and over again that just having an idea and capital to put behind a venture is not enough. Without a doubt execution is everything and receiving interest from Venture Capital firms will not be THE way to get you from point A to point Z. Entrepreneurs should view a financing Read More
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Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited Angel investors. They argue that the color of the money is the same from either source. They fail to realize that the considerations are quite different Read More
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Google's new tool not only scores your page speed but also gives you a score for how mobile-friendly your website is.

Google launched a new small business-friendly tool at testmysite.thinkwithgoogle.com that will show how mobile-friendly and fast a site is. Read More
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Tenacity, ambition, determination, the willingness to act on an idea — all are characteristics that describe successful entrepreneurs. No one knows that better than Scott Martineau, co-founder and CEO of sales and marketing automation technology provider, Infusionsoft. Read More
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