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Funding Choices

By Guy Kawasaki - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Kawasaki talks about two examples of early-stage funding, bootstrapping and venture capital, and the benefits and drawbacks of both. Ultimately, he believes that too much money is worse than not enough money, and that both methods can be successful of a smart approach is taken with the funds that are received.

Course Index

  1. Make Meaning in Your Company
  2. Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra
  3. Get Up and Get Going!
  4. The New Business Model
  5. Weave a MAT and Outline Your Priorities
  6. Know Thyself and Niche Thyself
  7. Make a Great Pitch
  8. Who to Hire
  9. Lower the Barriers to Adoption
  10. Seed the Clouds and Watch the Sales Grow
  11. Be a Mensch
  12. Funding Choices
  13. How Do You Find Evangelists?
  14. How Do You Find Soul Mates?
  15. The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur
  16. Experience Is Overrated