Funding and Building your Business

"I’m like, OK, this is a last-ditch effort,"

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Where most speakers took for granted that the entrepreneur would be seeking VC funding, David took the opposite approach; he wanted to talk about how you could start making money on your own, growing your company without needing to go look for funding.

It’s important to point out that the social network platform space is one of the rare places where Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL don’t have meaningful plays.

Before you offer or sell securities in Montana, you must make sure you comply with all state and federal securities laws.

It’s not about the technology, it’s about the clients.

The Internet has ushered in new ways to conduct business from rural areas that did not exist ten years ago. Your markets can now expand beyond a 50-100 mile radius and be regional, national, and even international.

Is it 2001 all over again? Or will the Web fare better this time around?

Main take-away: Hurry Up.

As a rule, Web start-ups simply do not thrive when snapped up by the (depressingly few) prospective acquirers like Google, Yahoo and AOL – leading to an unsustainalble cycle.