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A Startup Financial Playbook: Budgeting, Funding and Risk Management

StartupNation

But with a strategic financial plan, you can position your startup for sustainable growth and a strong future. As a startup, resources are often limited, so every dollar needs to go toward driving growth or keeping operations running smoothly. You’ll need to balance your budget, find the right funding, and navigate risks carefully.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections. For example, when pitching a renewable energy startup, I used a visual timeline to showcase the growth of the clean energy market, highlighting the potential for exponential returns.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up.

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What are the antler VC investment terms?

Founder Bounty

This varies on the region but below are some of the key figures Investment Amount Antler typically invests $100,000 to $200,000 in pre-seed startups. 40,000 to $50,000 deducted from investment) to cover costs of mentorship, office space, and resources. They also help startups raise external funding through their investor network.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. For the past 2.5

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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What’s it Like Being a VC?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the questions I’m most often asked is, “what’s it like being a VC?&# I’ve been a VC for nearly 3 years now. I always start my answer to this question with, “you’d have to be a pretty big baby to complain about being a VC.&# And the VC job has plenty of admin and minutiae.

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