American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

By clearly defining product-market fit, you will save time and money by investing in the building of a product or service that is truly demanded by a sizeable target audience. Early validation allows you to refine your offering and pivot if necessary, minimizing the risk of wasting time or money on something the market doesnt want or need.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

I wanted to create a solution that empowers shoppers to make informed decisions and save money effortlessly. So many people overspend online simply because they don’t have the tools to compare prices easily. What is it that excites you about what you’re building?

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Investors want to see how the money will be used in the real world, and these testimonials really make the data come alive. Currently, 75% of businesses using our platform successfully raise money in six months or less, which is a solid figure for investors. Additionally, we focus on scalability in our solutions.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

Money in the bank is like oil in the car. But when money is the issue, your time, energy and focus are drained from other important areas of your life or business. Running out of money is not always synonymous with going broke. Never run out of money, even at the expense of slowing growth for a time.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2025

Most startups know not to blow a bunch of money on a big party before they have their first users, but legitimate questions remain about what you do in its placeand how you open yourself up to the world that gets attention. Founders still want to get press and investors to notice them, but they dont have a lot of money to work with.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

You can see exactly how much money is coming in, where it’s going, and spot any spending trends. This makes tracking your income and expenses a breeze when the tax season comes around. Moreover, a separate bank account provides a clearer picture of your startup’s financial health.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

Nothing beats a physical signal in the room when asking for money. I held the FlexBeam while presenting and activated it on cue. Light flooded my face red for three seconds during the funding ask. So, the structure was emotional to rational to visceral. That was the order. $1M 1M followed across the next 90 days. That was no coincidence.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

The Power of One: Mercurys Integrated Banking Model At the core of Mercurys success is its distinctive one banking account modela philosophy that banking should not just hold money, but actively empower businesses through an all-in-one financial platform.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

In 2023, Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT-4 to turn $100 into “as much money as possible” ASAP, “without doing anything illegal.” So, does that mean you don’t have the slightest chance to bootstrap a business with little money and keep it afloat (ideally, thriving)? But you won’t actually need much. In fact, AI boosts ROI by $3.7

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

VISA’s Multiple Commitments Supporting Creators These new commitments join Visa’s other initiatives supporting the creator community such as ‘GetP@id’, Visa’s social series where influencers teach mentees how to turn their passions into money, and Visa’s inaugural Creator Summit.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

The idea that the outcome of coming through a program is raising money as the highlight is really not the point. You raise money when you need to raise money to grow your business. You raise money when it’s appropriate timing to grow your business, not because you finished a program.

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Revolution

MAY 28, 2025

Meet Palla the fintech redefining how money moves across borders, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to embed instant, flexible, and secure international payments directly into their products. Revolution Ventures is excited to partner with Palla as the team continues to build the future of global money movement.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ How Alternative Funding is Changing the World for Startups In the past, if you needed money to start a business, you had to go to a bank.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

People who can invest with the firms money at arms length, bounties for sourcing a startup, small investments in other VCs that are upstream from your firm. and related, of increasing importance. Data : Turn the needle magnet into needle radar , by pinpointing the location of the needles.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 21, 2025

The entrepreneurs we helped were making 100 times more money and impact than local startups did before VVM existed. When we hit our quarterly goals, instead of celebrating and relaxing, we asked, “How can we do more to change our region’s economy?”

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StartupNation

JULY 3, 2025

You save money on office costs, widen your search net in the talent pool and appear more desirable to candidates looking for work/life flexibility. Approximately two in three workers are now fully remote. For business leaders at the beginning of their startup venture, offering WFH roles is extremely beneficial.

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StartupNation

JULY 17, 2025

It’s an easy way to save money by identifying issues early on, and you can scale your resources up or down as needed. How to Raise Money You Don’t Have to Pay Back Cybersecurity Risks If you manage data or have a tech startup, keep cybersecurity top of mind. A data breach or system failure could be disastrous.

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2025

Additionally, it saves you time and money. Companies that search for candidates based on skills are 12% more likely to make a quality hire. In fact, 94% of companies agree that skills-based hiring is more predictive of on-the-job success than traditional resume-based hiring.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Of course we want to make money but the intellectual challenge & growth is fantastic. More than anything, I enjoy learning. We invest in very few of the companies we consider, but I learn new technology and business models from many of the others as well. What has been your biggest challenge when it comes to finding the “right deals”?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 24, 2025

And sure enough, we pitched the first project that we built under Start Up Chile after three months, and I realised that we would never make enough money with that model to survive.”

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Treating the board as a customer to sell: Yes – board members are important stakeholders, especially since they have the power to fire you (or not give you more money to fuel the business).

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2025

Theres a whole post to be written about this, but every basic B2B marketing strategy, which is what deal flow generation is (with money as the product) would include generating inbound. To some extent, this is also where referrals get generated.

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Jason Malki

MAY 4, 2025

Were not just saving companies money and reducing riskwere liberating human creativity and innovation. When compliance becomes streamlined and intuitive, it frees up incredible human potential that was previously consumed by administrative burdens. Thats transformative on a whole different level.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Total Estimated Cost: $0 – $500/month Best for: Solo entrepreneurs, local businesses, or those who can invest time instead of money. Advertising: Optional, start with $50$100/month for social media ads. Key Costs: Website: Custom-designed on WordPress or Shopify ($500$2,000 one-time or $50$100/month for premium themes).

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Be careful about investor rights This important variation on money talks is an important consideration for entrepreneurs when seeking an investment from professionals such as VCs. ” The post The last money has the first say. appeared first on Official website of Dave Berkus.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

And in an attempt to quickly earn some extra money, I signed up as a public speaking tutor on an online platform. There were dark moments when I thought that even dreaming of starting my own business was a terrible idea. In that struggle, I was about to give up and started applying for consulting jobs with the United Nations again.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 21, 2025

If youve started a company, and things arent going wellthe best thing you can do for your startup, your investors money, and for your own mental health is to ask for help. Everyone knew the risks going in.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

Keep reading to find out more about the money. If you came to this article to find out about the $10,000 small business grants from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, that’s great. Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

I of course also believed in my friends vision and work ethic so I took the plunge by contributing some seed money. The clothes were also all made in America and focused on high quality fabrics and sustainability. The company has continued to grow and is doing well, now serving clients all over the world.

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Founder Bounty

JULY 2, 2025

There are a number of things I would do if i wanted to market my product without having to spend money and this is mainly creating content. What would I do if I had to start it all again and get my first customers? Tons of people are online creating content and cross selling you thier business and you should probably be doing the same.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Whatever you estimate in terms of time, effort, and money — double it. If I had to share words of wisdom with a Founder who’s just about to start their own startup, I’d tell them this: expect everything to take twice as long and cost twice as much as you initially think.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

Look for someone with street smarts in your niche who can bring more than just money to the table, consult you, or even promote you among their followers. Choose investors wisely. If you still decide to get external investments from the start, forget cash-only investors. Take care of yourself. Building a company is a marathon, not a sprint.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. First: Product risk. Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents So, which ones are worth your time, money, and vibes? But now the gate is wide open: vibe coding tools, as coined by Andrej Karpathy , are here to make you forget the code even exists. If it works, who cares how it's written?

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Not understanding your target market, which means you will waste time and money attracting customers you don’t want rather than the ones you do want. It also gives you purpose and direction to then say yes or no to opportunities that arise, saving you time and money by avoiding marketing initiatives that do not align to your target audience.

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