After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.
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Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5026 days ago
Six Actions to Solidify a Startup Sense of Urgency
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5027 days ago
In today’s business startup environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Speed is the driver because customers have a zero tolerance for waiting, and there are always competitors gaining on you.
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Investors Are Looking for the Startup Dream Team
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5028 days ago
Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put his money on. Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. What are investors looking for in the CEO and
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More Startups are Getting Less Venture Capital
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5029 days ago
Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. You need to accept the fact that the down economy over the last couple of years has changed the way in which venture capitalists see the world, so you should adjust your strategy and expectations in dealing with them.
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Five Steps To Social Media Success for Startups
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5030 days ago
Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. So who do you believe, and what are the keys to success for your startup?
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Avoid Hiring Pitfalls When Staffing a New Venture
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5031 days ago
Hiring the right people into the right positions of a new company is critical to getting funded, and the right people are as critical to success as the funding. Yet the hiring process in most small companies is usually haphazard, and low priority compared to all the other work that needs to get don
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Building a Startup is Like Prospecting for Gold
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5032 days ago
Startups are tough. For every entrepreneur and every gold prospector, there are more opportunities to fail than to succeed. Yet experts say that quitting too soon is a prime cause of failure in both endeavors. No one knows how many business founders quit digging when they are only three feet from t
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Eight Action Items to Make Your Startup Bankable
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5033 days ago
A common question I get is “How do I get a bank loan to fund my startup?” The default answer is that it probably won’t happen, because most banks just don’t make bank loans to startups. The failure rate is just too high, and startups typically don’t have the assets or revenue stream to back up the
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Listening to Customers is Becoming a Lost Art
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5034 days ago
It seems like many entrepreneurs are becoming so technology addicted to their iPhones and email that they forget to listen to what their customers want, or even forget to ask. Attention spans have compressed to seconds, and face-to-face conversations, with the hugely important body language, are av
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How to Select the Right Investors for Your Startup
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From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 5035 days ago
If you are looking for an outside investor, you need to know how they see you. Different types of investors look for startups at different levels of maturity. If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, the courting is a waste of time for both of you.
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