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TechCrunch+ roundup: SBA startup loans, quarterly board decks, bootstrappers’ delight

TechCrunch

Small Business Administration (SBA) to find funding for a food truck, a bakery and a clothing store, but I don’t know of any startup founders who’ve used this federal program to grow their companies. Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings. People appreciate the opportunity to weigh in.”.

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5 Mistakes Derailing Startup Founders

StartupNation

This will ensure you have consistent coverage across-the-board as your brand comes to life and, meanwhile, will keep you sane as you shape the business. When it comes to most startups, you have the opportunity to launch with some basic personal and professional protections to shore up any gaps as you gain traction.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? What are some overlooked opportunities right now? Which areas are either oversaturated or would be too hard to compete in at this point for a new startup? What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? E-commerce.

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Nonobvious acquisitions are on my 2021 bingo board

TechCrunch

I’ll end with this: Successful startup founders are innately ambitious, finding opportunity in moonshots and convincing others that the odds are in their favor. However, the ceiling for what defines ambition heightens almost everyday.

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Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Revolution

While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. When current and new secondary sale opportunities arise, would you like me to contact you?”

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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Daily Crunch: Did Bolt Mobility bolt? The startup left equipment and confused customers in its wake

TechCrunch

In my distant past as a startup founder, long before I became a writer at TechCrunch, exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt turned out to be a huge moment for my first startup. Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings. People appreciate the opportunity to weigh in,” he says. You can sign up here.).

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