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		<title>Four Ideas For Finding Your Investor Funding For Your Start Up Company.mp4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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FindingYourFunding.com === Grab your free sample business plan, Reg D PPM, Start Up Company Mind Map and more by clicking that link! Once you have wrapped up the business plan phase of your start up company, and you have the finished document sitting on your desk in front of you, then what? What are your [...]]]></description>
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FindingYourFunding.com === Grab your free sample business plan, Reg D PPM, Start Up Company Mind Map and more by clicking that link! Once you have wrapped up the business plan phase of your start up company, and you have the finished document sitting on your desk in front of you, then what? What are your next steps to your Point B? What is your W Cubed? W3 = Who? Is Doing What? When? Exactly WHAT are you going to do in order for you to find the investment dollars for you to fully implement your plan and achieve your vision? Who will be the WHO that does all the work required to raise your funding? WHEN are you going to really start? Raising Your Funding Can Be ANOTHER Full Time Job For The CEO. This is one of the most critical areas for starting a new business and one of the main reasons so many fail. Fundraising, with its near-infinite number of necessary, discrete action items, is almost always at least a full time job for the CEO or Founder and it is easy for daily operations to constantly interfere with the time requirements of this highest of priorities task. As a result, many plans and offerings go unfunded &#8211; and visions become unachieved. Take the necessary steps to do whatever it takes, legally, to keep this dragon from blocking your path to success.</p>
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		<title>Be ready when your funding ratio rises</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Be ready when your funding ratio rises. Is your pension plan in a good position as your funding levels improve? IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: This isnot an offer, solicitation or recommendation to purchase any security or the services of any organization. This is a presentation of Russell Investments. Nothing in this presentation is intended to constitute legal, [...]]]></description>
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Be ready when your funding ratio rises. Is your pension plan in a good position as your funding levels improve? IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: This isnot an offer, solicitation or recommendation to purchase any security or the services of any organization. This is a presentation of Russell Investments. Nothing in this presentation is intended to constitute legal, tax, securities, or investment advice, nor an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment, nor a solicitation of any type. The contents of this presentation are intended for general information purposes only and should not be acted upon without obtaining specific legal, tax, and investment advice from a licensed professional concerning your own situation and any specific investment questions you may have. Russell Investment Group is a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide, including Russell Investments, and is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Copyright Russell Investments 2011. All rights reserved. USI-10081</p>
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		<title>Crowd Funding Bank &#8211; crowdfunding great startups</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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CrowdFunding Bank provides support to organizations or individuals through enlisting the cooperation, and funding from large number of angel investors or just anyone willing to support the initiative with small amount of money and/or advice. Crowd funding bank has enabled people and businesses to accomplish things that they may not have been able to accomplish [...]]]></description>
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CrowdFunding Bank provides support to organizations or individuals through enlisting the cooperation, and funding from large number of angel investors or just anyone willing to support the initiative with small amount of money and/or advice. Crowd funding bank has enabled people and businesses to accomplish things that they may not have been able to accomplish otherwise. Crowd funding allows people and organizations the financial freedom to act on good ideas, and without this freedom there&#8217;s no telling how much the world may have missed out on in terms of business innovations.</p>
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		<title>Roger Ehrenberg leads Domdex funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Angel investor Roger Ehrenberg tells The Deal on Friday that he has led a $1.25 million Series A financing in Domdex Inc., a New York startup that is developing online advertising services and is still in stealth mode. In this episode of The Deal&#8217;s Behind the Money online video show, the former hedge fund manager [...]]]></description>
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Angel investor Roger Ehrenberg tells The Deal on Friday that he has led a $1.25 million Series A financing in Domdex Inc., a New York startup that is developing online advertising services and is still in stealth mode. In this episode of The Deal&#8217;s Behind the Money online video show, the former hedge fund manager talks about how he put together a syndicate of individual investors.</p>
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		<title>Crowd Funding &#124; vBizPartner.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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An explosive online crowdfunding platform for small businesses and entrepreneurs to raise capital (loans).
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An explosive online crowdfunding platform for small businesses and entrepreneurs to raise capital (loans).</p>
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		<title>Raise Money-The Winning Pitch When Seeking Investor funding</title>
		<link>http://fourstarinvestor.com/raise-money-the-winning-pitch-when-seeking-investor-funding/2194/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Hosted by Ken Honeyman, The Capital MatchPoint, www.capitalmatchpoint.com, 770.433.8250&#8230;You&#8217;ve asked me about the best way to pitch a potential investor, and that&#8217;s a great question. At the Capital Match Point, we&#8217;ve distilled our best advice in what we call the winning pitch. There are ten components to this, and I&#8217;ll go through each one of [...]]]></description>
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Hosted by Ken Honeyman, The Capital MatchPoint, www.capitalmatchpoint.com, 770.433.8250&#8230;You&#8217;ve asked me about the best way to pitch a potential investor, and that&#8217;s a great question. At the Capital Match Point, we&#8217;ve distilled our best advice in what we call the winning pitch. There are ten components to this, and I&#8217;ll go through each one of them. Pay attention! Target the pitch, number one. Capital Match Point actually takes the guess work out of that equation because the person who has interest is the person who talks to the capital seeker. Number two. This is simple: be on time. Or better yet, be early. Capital sources usually have a hard stop. They only have so much time for anybody. Number three, don&#8217;t overwhelm the money provider. The goal at the first meeting is not to get all the money at the first time. Don&#8217;t try to cram six or seven meetings into one meeting. Peak their curiosity but don&#8217;t abuse their attention span. Number four, I have to say to know your audience. Try and find out in advance who is going to be at the meeting and spend some time learning about them at their site and find out who&#8217;s actually going to be in that room when you&#8217;re there. Number five, get to the point fast, and I mean really fast. Funding sources sit through presentation after presentation. That&#8217;s their livelihood. So, it&#8217;s easy for them to lose interest if a presentation doesn&#8217;t get to that point quickly. Here&#8217;s a little bit secret sauce. To get their attention, answer this: what <b>&#8230;</b></p>
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		<title>Rockstar Group&#8217;s founder, Jonathan Pfahl, on &#8220;The Secret to securing funding &#8211; 1&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Funding Options for Small Businesses: Part 6</title>
		<link>http://fourstarinvestor.com/funding-options-for-small-businesses-part-6/2156/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Angel Investors and Venture Capital
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Angel Investors and Venture Capital</p>
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		<title>Edward Rholl- Angel Funding Secrets 3 of 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Join Ed and his team in this rare public discussion where he shares keys to get your business from an idea to funding. Take this opportunity to leverage Eds practical knowledge to get your company funded. To learn more about Ed go to www.chiconsultinggroup.com
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Join Ed and his team in this rare public discussion where he shares keys to get your business from an idea to funding. Take this opportunity to leverage Eds practical knowledge to get your company funded. To learn more about Ed go to www.chiconsultinggroup.com</p>
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		<title>Overview of Funding Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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CES Alumni Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, This lecture covers the general funding options (such as angel investors, venture capital) that an entrepreneur should consider when looking to fund a new company. Peter Reiss
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CES Alumni Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, This lecture covers the general funding options (such as angel investors, venture capital) that an entrepreneur should consider when looking to fund a new company. Peter Reiss</p>
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