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Even after outsourcing my e-mail to a virtual assistant, there are still a few messages that come over the transom.

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What makes a word a seed
What makes a word a seed? Good Seed grows into Belief (the first storm arrives. The sprout survives...) Tested Belief grows into Faith (another storm comes. The sapling bears it with less danger) Strong Faith grows our Hearts (a third storm comes. Birds and squirrels take shelter within the large tree) Good Hearts bring Peace on Earth (storms fell limbs, but the trunk grows stronger. More are sheltered, more can rest beneath...) Blessings to you this holiday season.

Affirmations
Affirmations do work! Often people give up on affirmations after a few weeks as they feel that they are not working. I often describe an affirmation as being like a seed. You have to be patient, nurture it and cherish it, until it blossoms into what you desire. Often you can’t see the seed growing under the earth – but it is! You just have to trust.

The VC Version of Kick the Can
I got an email this morning from an entrepreneur that I know that has been trying to raise an early round from a "seed VC investor" for the past few months. He's put together (and closed) a decent angel round and left it open for this seed investor.
MARKETING YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR BUSINESSES DEVELOPMENT.
Marketing concept has evolved over the years. It has gone through some sort of evolution to where we are today. There have been marked stages and these stages are the following: Industrial revolution: at this stage specialization took place, with the industrial revolution, wages were introduced. At this stage the farmers could produce and sell to the industrial workers. The marketing and the business concept was simple at this stage but later become more complicated eventually. In marketing this stage is called the production stage, it took a while and Henry Ford perfected it. He came up with the car assembly and mass market was born. At this stage there was limited choice for the customer.

Three Stages of a Sales Agent
Sales agents and advisors have a life cycle, similar to that of the life cycle of a franchisee. There's a beginning stage, an intermediate stage, and the final result stage. Most agents and advisors behave in a similar fashion during the first two stages, but their behavior can differ dramatically in the final result stage. But I'm getting ahead of myself…
Early Stage Startup Finance: What You Need Is Dumb Money
Many startups seeking angel capital aren't actually far enough along from a development perspective to be attractive to early stage investors. In essence, there is an entrepreneurial myth that angels invest in concepts or ideas. This is rarely the case- angels typically want to see some level of progress being made with the business before getting seriously interested. So what does a cash-strapped entrepreneur do to get off the ground? They raise what is called a "friends and family" round. This article discusses the attributes of this type of seed stage investing, and provides some tips for putting together a viable deal.
The Secret of the Penny
The Penny is the beginning of all wealth. Or whichever your currency is, the smallest unit is that with which to begin. The idea is the germ of the inventor. From the humble beginnings, the idea, the seed and the penny proliferate and cover the swamp as the hyacinth does. have you planted your seed, have you invested your first penny or have you put that idea for high tech invention down on paper to make it become a reality? Start today to make you dreams a reality, entrepreneurs. Begin at the beginning, plan, grow and multiply.
Startup Valuation: 3 Tips For Putting A Price On Your Company
When raising angel or venture capital, startup founders are often concerned with questions about the valuation of their company. Putting a value on an early stage company-- especially one with very little or no revenue and negative cash flow-- is difficult to do, since most traditional valuation methods do not work well for startups. In this article, we discuss how startup companies are valued by investors and how you should set a valuation range when dealing with seed, angel, or VC investors.

Entrepreneurs Raising Early Stage Venture Capital are in a Beauty Contest
Startup and Early Stage entrepreneurs must compete for the attention and limited capital available from angel investors and early stage venture capitalists. In many ways it can be compared to a Beauty Contest. The business fundamentals of a successful business are in place, but to be "picked" from the other companies also pitching those investors, that company must be the most attractive to that investor, that judge who will decide if the company qualifies to go to the next stage in the process.

Financing Biobusiness - (California Takshila University)
Financing is the second item in a biobusiness planning process. Once biopreneurs have recognized a new invention that is widely producible and has useful application for human/animal well-being and health, biopreneurs must seek-out the second key ingredient-capital-for the biobusiness. Biobusinesses generally evolve in stages from seed to incubation, to start-up, to early-stage, to emerging, and so on. A biobusiness requirement for capital also evolves in synchronization with these same stages. Capital needed for the different stages vary and are normally supported by different groups of investors. In this chapter we will review the life-cycle of a biobusiness and the nutrient capital required, for each phase of that life-cycle.

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