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	<title>Comments on: Does your start-up really need investment?</title>
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		<title>By: USA Freedom Corps</title>
		<link>http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2009/12/does-your-start-up-really-need-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1540</link>
		<dc:creator>USA Freedom Corps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 10:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice level of information here. There is so much data around about this subject that sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees but you have pitched this at just the right level so that the lay person can understand - thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice level of information here. There is so much data around about this subject that sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees but you have pitched this at just the right level so that the lay person can understand &#8211; thank you!</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Jobling</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Jobling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Doug,

Thanks for that post which contains some very specific and timely advice for start ups.

My problem is that I didn&#039;t seek investment when I should have plus my business model and strategy was flawed from the word go. I had to get selling immediately and I&#039;ve now got to keep selling just to survive.

Although the products I&#039;m selling are fantastic, it&#039;s the actual use of those products that make the money, not the selling of them.

I now find myself with some great products and services that I know are in demand but I don&#039;t have enough capital to enable growth as quick as it needs to be.

Looking forward to the post.

Best wishes,
Paul</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Doug,</p>
<p>Thanks for that post which contains some very specific and timely advice for start ups.</p>
<p>My problem is that I didn&#8217;t seek investment when I should have plus my business model and strategy was flawed from the word go. I had to get selling immediately and I&#8217;ve now got to keep selling just to survive.</p>
<p>Although the products I&#8217;m selling are fantastic, it&#8217;s the actual use of those products that make the money, not the selling of them.</p>
<p>I now find myself with some great products and services that I know are in demand but I don&#8217;t have enough capital to enable growth as quick as it needs to be.</p>
<p>Looking forward to the post.</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br />
Paul</p>
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		<dc:creator>uberVU - social comments</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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