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How To Create “Truth Well Told”
As an entrepreneur trying to raise a Friends & Family round of financing, I often felt nervous about presenting the dirty little secrets...
Deb Perkins
Jan 304 min read
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VC Mike Troiano Minces Zero Words.
I first met Mike Troiano years ago when my partner and I were struggling with messaging for our Cat Perkins shoe line. My brother, Bob...
Deb Perkins
Jan 307 min read
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3 Ways To Make Funding Easier
How To Get Funding For Your Startup: 3 Ways to Make it Easier There are many exciting things about being an entrepreneur, like...
Deb Perkins
Jan 305 min read
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VC's We Love! With Bob Hower of G20 Ventures
Bob Hower, Founding Partner, G20 Ventures , is one of my favorite VCs because he is an entrepreneur himself, and he empathizes deeply...
Deb Perkins
Jan 304 min read
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10 Ways Founders Can Create New Communities & Feel Less Isolated
After the death of my son and my father (both named Clark) within 15 months of one another, I moved to Austin in 2020 to be near my other...
Deb Perkins
Jan 307 min read
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7 Ways to Launch Successful Donation-based Crowdfunding Campaigns
I used to wonder why entrepreneurs would waste time on donation-based crowdfunding for their early-stage ventures. You typically don’t...
Deb Perkins
Jan 305 min read
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8 Creative Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Pre-Sales to Boost Cash Flow
8 Creative Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Pre-Sales to Boost Cash Flow Hey there, fellow entrepreneurs! Are you looking for effective ways to...
Deb Perkins
Jan 303 min read
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How Startups Can Use Factoring To Generate Cash Flow
Let’s say you’re a founder selling a physical product that requires you to manufacture something. And let’s say that manufacturing...
Deb Perkins
Jan 303 min read
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CRICKETS? How to find your customers!
10 Customer Acquisition Strategies for Early Stage Entrepreneurs There you are, finally ready to launch your startup “baby” into the...
Deb Perkins
Jan 303 min read
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Why VC funding is Overated
I’m gonna go ahead and take one wiiiiiiiild guess that you’ve started on your path to secure startup funding. That it’s full steam ahead...
Deb Perkins
Jan 302 min read
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Businesses Fail. Your partnership doesn't have to.
One of my biggest personal accomplishments is remaining close friends with my last business partner, Catherine, after our business failed....
Deb Perkins
Jan 303 min read
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How Mailchimp “Forrest Gumped” it’s way into being the biggest bootstrapped startup sale (at $12B)
Ever wondered how a business can stumble its way into a $12 Billion dollar sale after being 100% bootstrapped? That's the story of...
Deb Perkins
Jan 302 min read
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