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The Science Of Raising Money As An Entrepreneur

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How to Be a Successful Investor in an Early Stage Company

If someone's got money and you've got an early stage company, it's like watching football. You're out of sequence. So who is the first investor in your business? And you will continue to be that if you haven't put some skin in the game. Google has a group called G Ventures that is corporate venture capital. They invest just like an investor would, but it's their own investment. That makes them an angel. Then there's FNF, the thanks for friends and family. But PE firms are usually exit investors or people that want to pay you for a majority of your business. It really should be friends and family that have money to lose.

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