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Dave Lavinsky

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President, Growthink

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Dave Lavinsky is the president and co-founder of Growthink. He is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of business planning, capital raising, and new venture development. Over the past decade, he has helped thousands of entrepreneurs develop their business plans, raise capital and grow their ventures.

Jan. 20, 2011

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Is it wise to invest in market research on my target audience/market before starting my business?

Clearly you have to invest in market research, but the key question is how much.
At the end of the day, success in business is really about just one thing -- providing a product or service that people want to buy.
And the market research is critical ... more

Market Analysis

Market Research

Nov. 30, 2010

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Venture Capital Best Practices: 3 Tips for Raising Venture Capital?

Below are 3 key tips for raising venture capital.
1. Create a Targeted List of Relevant Venture Capital Firms
Finding a list of venture capital firms is relatively easy. For example, you can simply go to the National Venture Capital Association website at NVCA.org and go through ... more

General Management

Oct. 7, 2010

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What questions should you ask yourself before you ask for funding?

In order to get funding, you need to really understand what you need the funding for. You need to set up your milestones -- what will you accomplish with each smaller chunk of funding and by when.
Then you need to decide how much money you ... more

Small Business Funding

Start up Company

Oct. 7, 2010

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What are the best tools to use when recruiting for a startup?

http://www.theresumator.com/ - one of my good contacts told me that this was a great tool to help him with hiring for his startup. more

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