What is some great advice for gaining funding for an early stage startup?

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Use cases, targets, metrics, DATA,

And most importantly, show the $$$ sales. How much is coming in or projected to come in (backed by hard data)

Look business is ruthless. But it’s not some nebulous thing

It’s Less about passion and doing something “new” or creative

And more about : Show numbers, keep it simple, be clear and concise,

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Noted ✍ thank you very much!

Boot strap as long as possible, have as much pre existing sales as possible, understand the venture concepts that people potentially giving you money use.

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Then you won’t have any sales numbers to show it’s a viable product/service yet. Having a strong team / board can also prove useful in gaining traction and being taken seriously when raising funds. Also get good legal. Happy to chat further just DM me

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My experience has been that all early stage is mostly about the team: present a vision and the people who can make it happen. Data, metrics, targets will be mostly guesses early on. Summarize the idea/vision, show the team, tell them what you will spend the money on.

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COO 1 this seems ideal. Mixing & matching what works & what doesn't from the advice given here probably would help tremendously

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