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Before soliciting external sources of funding, ask these four questions to ensure that youre well prepared for the changes ahead. How do you know when it’s time to seek outside investment? The question arose recently when we received a query from one of our regular readers, which we will paraphrase here: I just read " 3 Characteristics of a Great Investor ." I really enjoyed it and it made me think that I need some direction.

Why overindulging in capital can be the worst thing for your start-up's health Which do you think is a better predictor of your company’s future? To have such a great concept that investors throw $400 million at you to bring it to life? Or to face enough skepticism that you can squeeze out just $9 million over multiple rounds of funding

You may regard your VC as a partner. Good! Just be aware that the VC may think of you as cannon fodder. To hear them tell it, venture capitalists aren't too different from entrepreneurs.

Last year, from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, it was impossible to escape the concept of the "Lean Startup"--especially the great ideas espoused by the preeminent thought leader on the topic, Eric Ries . Hundreds, if not thousands, of entrepreneurs embraced these tenets and joined the "Lean Startup movement." In addition to curbing costs, an entrepreneur would begin by creating their first "minimal viable product" to test that initial business idea

The Groupon CEO talks about competing with Google, selling his stock, and his designs on mobile coupons.

Before you look for venture capital, you'd better have a great venture lawyer, and be prepared to keep her in the loop. You're looking for a financing round to help give the company much-needed runway to develop its product—but you don't want a large chunk of the investment going to the lawyers

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In my last post, I cautioned about the dangers of learning about venture capital from watching a TV show .

Discover how to find angel investors and make an impact once you do meet with them. There are critical steps you need to take to be prepared, find out what they are

What do you do when you have a bad "break up" with an employee? Here are a few things to think about when it happens, because it will. Over the course of 10 years I've had lovely people come to my e-mail marketing software company VerticalResponse, and sadly they've 'broken up with us' for various reasons

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Harvard Business School Taught by: Noam Wasserman Most entrepreneurship classes chase the strategy-innovation-finance trifecta. But people problems cause more than 60 percent of new-venture failures, research shows.

A sampling of Wayne Rogers's business ventures: Wayne Rogers & Co. After providing financial advice to fellow actors, Rogers launched this investment firm in 1971