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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Runway is a crucial indicator of survival that signifies your company’s future financial ability to sustain operations. If you cannot sustain operations for 18 months, cut your burn rate so you can extend your runway. Investors want to see you’re able to remain lean and adapt to changing economic circumstances.

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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. This program is preparing and connecting Metro Detroit Black-owned businesses to various funding resources to ensure their sustained success.

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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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Startup Catalyst Brief

Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

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