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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-12-02T12:47:44-05:00</created-at>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/140925136_4a893b5718_t.jpg&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; alt=&quot;CC by greefus groinks &quot; width=&quot;100&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I seem to spend a lot of time convincing people not to raise money. The #1 culprit is not The Downturn or a lack of good ideas. The real problem is that people are trying to raise money too early when things are still half-baked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is my top 10 list of tough questions all entrepreneurs should ask themselves before trying to raise money&lt;/p&gt;
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  <raw-description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #5d8bcd;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/140925136_4a893b5718_t.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;CC by greefus groinks &quot; title=&quot;No Money&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I seem to spend a lot of time convincing people not to raise money. The #1 culprit is not The Downturn or a lack of good ideas. The real problem is that people are trying to raise money too early when things are still half-baked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is my top 10 list of tough questions all entrepreneurs should ask themselves before trying to raise money&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>10 Tough Questions to ask yourself before raising money</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-20T12:26:59-05:00</updated-at>
  <url>http://www.flowventures.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/01/10-tough-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-raising-money/</url>
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