Too much funding can be toxic for start-ups
The dream is a common one for entrepreneurs – find start-up capital and find as much of it as you can. But being cash rich isn’t always the best move for your company. Mike Maples of Maples Investments, in this talk at the Stanford Technology Venture Program, says there’s an inverse correlation between the amount of money a start-up receives and their success.
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About the Author, Chris Morris
Chris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLarge
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