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		<title>Financing kills business... (or does it?)</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Financing doesn't kill a biz -- ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Financing doesn't kill a biz -- directly -- as you suggest by stifling creativity, imo.Â  but, often the strings that the financing brings can kill it.
What do I mean by this?
Well, big money, specifically OPM managed by a pro (rea]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  Though I won't speak in]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  Though I won't speak in absolutes as far as funding or no funding (oh, how I could use and would love some funding), I have to say I am definitely in GearGoggles camp as far as the argument goes.Â 
Â Â Â Â  You certainly adopt a differe]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Working out a business model tha]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Working out a business model that can work without financing is what most entrepreneurs should do. I agree with you. Financing can come in at a later date to help the business to scale. To speed up the organic process.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I don't agree with the first poi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I don't agree with the first point..."having no money forces creativity" - or rather, I do agree with the point but as an investor I'm not looking for an entrepreneur who is creative for creative sake - I want an entrepreneur who spends their time on th]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Start up businesses often fail b]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Start up businesses often fail because of cash flow problems, because owners have not thought realistically ahead. If someone starts a business without having any idea about financial management and without getting good advice on the subject, then they ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[This is sort of the mindset I ha]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This is sort of the mindset I have as I open my cafe. I figure if it's going to work, it's going to work. If it's going to fail, it's going to fail. I'm not sure if my idea plummets straight into my safety net, that I'll have any option but close anyway]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sylvia, I'm sorry to hear that!Â]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sylvia, I'm sorry to hear that!Â  I'm afraid that my idea has been lost though.Â  Let me ask, would financing have brought in new customers? If the revenue wasn't coming in to cover the costs would the financed money brought the customers in? ...or woul]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Â 

However, I can also cite m]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Â 

However, I can also cite may situations whee the lack of adequate capital killed the company and the idea.
I believe the key to successfully building a company is to have access to the "right" amount of capit]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Tom,
An interesting view. Certa]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Tom,
An interesting view. Certainly there were companies during the dot com boom that fit your scenario of "plenty of dough" in the bank. Many should never received any capital.Â  There aren't many of those situations around these days.
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				<title><![CDATA[This is a odd subject I know, bu]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This is a odd subject I know, but I am going make a valiant effort to convince you that financing can kill a start-up's chances at long term success.Â  Doesn't make any sense does it?Â  But there is some well founded truth to the statement.
A go]]></description>
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