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Growing Your Startup In A "Down" Economy
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- Description:
- Its critical in today’s economy to know the multiple pathways to build your startup. In this panel we’ll present first hand success stories that our panel has used in building tech startups across using bootstrapped methodologies, angel and vc investment, and State of Texas ETF funding
- Questions
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- What are the options available to tech entrepreneurs for launching and expanding their business?
- What are some of the pitfalls associated with each funding source?
- What's one success story that each panelist can speak to in getting resources for their startups in today's economy?
- Why would an entrepreneur want to use one funding source versus another?
- How do you innovate in a down economy?
- What are some of the mistakes being made with regard to focusing only on funding in this economy?
- When will we see a change in the methodologies used for startup investment
- What are some of the new government programs for startups to take advantage of?
- What are examples of some of the public / private partnerships that are being used to build startups these days?
- What are some of the alternative funding sources- like Department of Energy, SBIR, Texas Emerging Technology Fund and other sources of getting your venture funded?
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- Economic Concerns, Funding / VC, New Technology / Next Generation
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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