Posts for The Great Startup Game


Raising Capital: 88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

From The Great Startup Game
March 12, 2010 at 6:44 pm
88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money by British billionaire Felix DennisFelix Dennis' long-awaited 88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of ... (more)

Hurt Locker: Best Picture?

From The Great Startup Game
March 8, 2010 at 4:54 am
Hurt Locker? Best Picture? Oh, come on! Give me a break.Year after year, decade after decade, the Oscar nominations committee proves that it has no idea how to rate movies. I ... (more)

Free Tony Robbins DISC Psychometric Profile

From
March 3, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Free Tony Robbins DISC Psychometric ProfileDiscover What Drives You

If you want to know the real hold-backs to your success, and how to
align with your own true personality traits

... (more)

Free Seed Series Documents

From The Great Startup Game
March 2, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Free Seed Series DocumentsIf you're looking for seed capital, you will need the right deal documentation.  You can find free samples of the seed capital documents here. These ... (more)

How to Use Creative Financing to Start Your Business

From The Great Startup Game
February 23, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Creative Financing for Startup EntrepreneursSuccessful entrepreneurs are the ones who understand how entrepreneurial finance works. Failed entrepreneurs are those who sit hoping ... (more)

Startup Junkies TV: Documentaries About Startups

From The Great Startup Game
February 18, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Startup Junkies Whether you're a startup rookie or a serial entrepreneur, you're going to enjoy this documentary series about what it takes to launch a startup successfully. Watch ... (more)

Startup Capital: How it’s Really Raised

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February 10, 2010 at 2:52 pm

Startup Financing: How it Really Works Let’s look at the typical stages in
a successful company’s financings. We’ll start with the last and finish with the
first. Although there

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For Profit Angel Networks: Lancing the Boil

From The Great Startup Game
January 18, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Should You Have to Pay a Huge Fee to Pitch an Angel Network's Investors?The controversy over angel investor networks which charge struggling cash-strapped entrepreneurs ... (more)

10 Great Reasons to Be a Startup Specialist

From The Great Startup Game
December 14, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Are you a consultant specializing in startups? Or are you considering becoming a startup consultant?Here are ten great reasons to become a startup specialist (with all of the ... (more)

Pitch Your Great Big Idea to Richard Branson

From The Great Startup Game
December 12, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Richard Branson's Got a Big Idea?You have a great idea, in fact it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, but all the investors you have talked to so far just don't get it. ... (more)

The Linkedin Nightmare

From The Great Startup Game
December 7, 2009 at 4:19 pm
The Linkedin NightmareFor some strange reason, Linkedin is the only networking site in the universe which doesn't allow users to block communications from spammers and other troublesome ... (more)

Raising Capital?: How Not to Get Scammed

From The Great Startup Game
November 12, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Startup ScamsA reader sent me a link to an interesting read on one startup's experience with a conman. iStole Your Startup: A Story of an iPhone Company Conman Read the personal ... (more)

How to Use Creative Financing to Launch and Grow Your Startup

From The Great Startup Game
September 18, 2009 at 4:36 pm
How I Learned to Stop Waiting for Investors and Start Building CompaniesIf you're finding it tough to find startup capital why not learn how those Inc 500 entrepreneurs did it? ... (more)

Angel Investors: South East

From The Great Startup Game
September 13, 2009 at 9:16 pm
The Network of Business Angels & Investors of Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Network of Business Angels & Investors (NBAI.net) is a membership group that provides a safe haven for ... (more)

Entrepreneurship: Brits Get Rich in China

From The Great Startup Game
September 13, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Brits Get Rich in ChinaIf you enjoy reality type television about entrepreneurs on the make, check out this one hour long British documentary on three British businessmen who ... (more)

The Smart Startup Guide: Creative Financing for Startups

From The Great Startup Game
August 29, 2009 at 11:50 pm
This is the first chapter from the creative financing manual The Smart Startup Guide. AVC Smart Startup Guide ... (more)

Colorado’s Marijuana Economy: An Explosion of Ganjapreneurship

From The Great Startup Game
August 27, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I found this interesting on the Atlantic Monthly site. It's a good short read for a break.What can only be rightly described as an explosion of ganjapreneurship is currently underway ... (more)

Patrick Nouhailler: Copyright Infringer & Thief

From The Great Startup Game
August 25, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Patrick Nouhailler: Copyright Infringer & ThiefI have had people rip off copy from my site before but Patrick Nouhailler takes the cake when it comes to bald-faced thievery.He ... (more)

Angel Investors: Angel Investor Capital at its Lowest in 10 Years

From The Great Startup Game
August 20, 2009 at 10:51 am
The NY Times reports that angel investor capital is at its lowest point in ten years. This should come as no surprise to any serious entrepreneur considering the state of the ... (more)

Raising Startup Capital: Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

From The Great Startup Game
July 28, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Automotive industry entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin is on the hunt for money for his latest venture. This is an interesting documentary by the son of an aging entrepreneur who just ... (more)

America’s Most Trusted Newsman: Jon Stewart

From The Great Startup Game
July 23, 2009 at 12:38 pm
The other day the great Walter Cronkite died who I had the privilege of watching on the 6 o'clock news when I was a kid. Everyone knew that you could trust Walter. Then after ... (more)

Small Business Loans: SBA ARC Loans

From The Great Startup Game
July 16, 2009 at 4:31 pm
This is from the SBA. If the new owner is struggling with making payments debt, he might be eligible for an ARC Loan. Lenders Can Help America’s Small Businesses ... (more)

Advice from Dragon’s Den Doug Richard - 6 Rules for Startups

From The Great Startup Game
July 8, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Short, concise yet meaty advice. ... (more)

Free Marketing Course: Jay Abraham Part 1

From The Great Startup Game
June 24, 2009 at 2:14 pm
This is the 1st of a 5 part talk by Jay Abraham on marketing. Feel free to miss the 3.5 minute intro by T Harv Eker. ... (more)

Free Marketing Course: Jay Abraham Part 2

From The Great Startup Game
June 24, 2009 at 2:10 pm
This is part 2 of Jay Abraham's free marketing talk. ... (more)