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		<title>Will angels fund a true start-up?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[There are thousands upon thousan]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[There are thousands upon thousands of these types of startups that are being left in the dust with no funding. Folks with great ideas, sound business plans, big dreams and no money.
Help is on the way for the "little guy". I have develped a new ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[It's all about sales and tractio]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It's all about sales and traction. If you can generate these then you can get investment. VCs and Angels don't invest in ideas they invest in businesses. If it was easy everyone would be doing it.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[It is certainly very difficult t]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It is certainly very difficult to obtain any form of funding or investors unless a business has already got some sort of proven track record or that the business is generating at least some interest and already has what might be called "promises to purchas[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mitch 
I also have a company wh]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Mitch 
I also have a company which is in startup mode. By Start up I mean that we have developed the product (it is web based application) and launched in beta stage in market.
The ideal situation to look for funding is when you have few cust]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[In our terminology, concept stag]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In our terminology, concept stage might be a subset of seed stage companies, but refers to idea for a new company based on a new product, application, market or business model but no milestones reached beyond a rough sketch of the idea--using a possibly ap[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for the tip. It looks rea]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the tip. It looks really interesting but it seems from the FAQ that concept stage&#160; companies will not be accepted. Although I may be getting into trouble with terms again - I assume `concept stage` is the same as `seed stage`.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The best way to find growth capi]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Will-angels-fund-a-true-start-up.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The best way to find growth capital is to apply to a venture summit where you can speed pitch your ideas to several investors face-to-face in a single day.&#160; One such example is The Speed Venture Summit, the premier speed-dating-style event for fast-gr[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I`d like to know more about earl]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I`d like to know more about early stage development from personal stories.&#160; There are some books on the experiences of people who made it big, but I`m more interested in people who tried and failed or barely got by on some lines of credit.&#160; ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I do not know much about funding]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I do not know much about funding opportunities but I have a venture for you just to see if it works for you.&#160; I am in the business of selling candles and other products.&#160; I can sign anyone up to be on my team, that thinks they would be successful[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Mitch,
In the venture capital c]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Mitch,
In the venture capital community, the term "startup" has&nbsp;come to mean&nbsp;the situation that Mark describes in his post. When an Angel Group or "professional" angel says they invest in Startups- that is what they mean.
For s]]></description>
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