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	<title>The Seed &#38; Startup Capital Blog</title>
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	<description>Creative Startup Financing for the Rest of Us or What to Do When Investors Say &#34;No, Thanks.&#34;</description>
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		<title>Raising Capital for Queen Mimi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seed Capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a story that will put a smile on your face. Zach Galifianakis and a few friends have pitched in to provide a home for 88 year old Mimi who has been homeless for over a decade. I have ripped this from the Kickstarter fund raising page: After 25 years of homelessness, 88-year-old Mimi gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build a Good Credit Score</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit score]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Good Credit Score is Critical at Startup and Beyond Anyone looking at starting a business should do everything possible to have a strong personal credit score. Normally this means above 700. Once their startup is launched they need to then build up the company&#8217;s credit rating as well. A business with a strong credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a Perfect Pitch Deck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pitch Decks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfect pitchdecks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pitchdeck that Raised $16.5 Million Okay, this is not a company seeking startup capital. Rather it&#8217;s an entity that has just secured its C-round but the story is still relevant for us because of the pitchdeck. It&#8217;s as close to perfection as one can get in communicating why a company&#8217;s business model works. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Buffett on How to Buy a Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to Buy a Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy a business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warren shares some valuable tips on buying companies that are still relevant for smaller players. Here are 12: “Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.” “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” “Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, ‘Too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Buy a Business</title>
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		<comments>http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/2013/04/25/how-to-buy-a-business-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to Buy a Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to buy a business book]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to Buy a Business This post is exclusively for the benefit of Yahoo/Bing which can&#8217;t seem to grasp that this site is also about how to buy a business. So let&#8217;s try it again with a new sitemap. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Mitigation Tips for Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Nead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bootstrapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business exits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Risk Mitigation Tips for Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs Nothing is more difficult than bootstrapping a startup. It can prove to be the ultimate test of endurance for many a wannabe. And, until you&#8217;ve weathered the storm yourself, it can be difficult to fully understand just how gut-wrenching starting a business can really be, especially if you already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seed Capital vs. Startup Capital: What is the difference?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seed capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is Seed Capital Different From Startup Capital? Another email came in over the weekend asking what the difference is between seed capital and startup capital. To be honest, it&#8217;s a bit of a gray area where people tend to disagree over the definitions. Some claim that both terms point to the same stage of funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Your Own Startup Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to create startup capital Even in the new millennium with all the advantages that its offers such the Internet, crowdfunding, and social networking, it&#8217;s still extremely challenging to raise startup capital for most ventures. Allow me to explain why. It&#8217;s a catch-22 situation because the smart angel investors and venture capitalists want to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seed Capital Raising Tip</title>
		<link>http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/2013/04/18/seed-capital-raising-tip/?&#038;owa_medium=feed&#038;owa_sid=</link>
		<comments>http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/2013/04/18/seed-capital-raising-tip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Startup Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seed capital]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you raising startup and/or seed capital? Only licensed broker/dealers are able to accept success-based compensation or commissions for arranging funding. Consultants, finders or others attempting to raise capital cannot be compensated with commissions or other success-based compensation. This is a violation of Federal and State security laws. There are no grey areas. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenue-based Financing Expands</title>
		<link>http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/2013/04/14/revenue-based-financing-expands/?&#038;owa_medium=feed&#038;owa_sid=</link>
		<comments>http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/2013/04/14/revenue-based-financing-expands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revenue Based Financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revenue royalty certificates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://antiventurecapital.com/avcblog/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Revenue-Royalty Certificates Increase in Popularity The practical application of revenue royalty certificates continues to expand. Recently a small website needed to hire additional programers to work on an important new project that would dramatically improve it. The only obstacle in the way was a lack of cash to pay the hew hires. The founder looked [...]]]></description>
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