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How much time does it take for a VC to respond to a business plan?

Unfortunately, VCs do not typically review business plans. Instead, they look at a brief summary and then decide if they want to invite you in for a meeting. And because VCs, particularly the larger ones, receive many hundreds (or even thousands) of business plans each month, most submissions that come in “over the transom” (that is, […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
7 Nov 2013
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10 Common Startup Flaws Leading To An Early Demise

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. That’s not bad, but who wants to be average? Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
3 Nov 2013
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Which angel investors are interested in crowdfunding startups?

Since equity crowdfunding under the recently passed JOBS Act will not be legal until some point next year, there is currently a great deal of smoke, although not necessarily a lot of fire, around new entrants into the space.  But taking a look at some operating US-based companies that currently come to mind when thinking […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
3 Nov 2013
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If you could work at any startup in New York City, where would you choose and why?

Well, I’m biased, but let me just describe yesterday’s Summer Outing at Gust: For background, you should know that by long-standing company tradition, our outings are surprises. And that means a complete and total surprise to everyone, as in “not a single person knows a single thing about it in advance”…except for the CEO, who personally sets everything […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
27 Oct 2013
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When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. Consider the recent […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
27 Oct 2013
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