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March 04, 2014 | Tom Ballard

Poker, insurance settlement and pre-selling fund these start-ups

To paraphrase an old saying, “sometimes an entrepreneur has to do what he or she has to do.” Here’s an article describing how three entrepreneurs used very different strategies to secure funding. One turned to the “World Series of Poker,” another used an insurance settlement, and the third pre-sold his product.


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