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Name: The Art of Startup Fundraising
ISBN: 978-1119191834

Forget the Business Plan: Here’s What Investors Actually

Investors do not read traditional 50-page business plans; they are an artifact from a different era and a waste of a founder's time [1, 3, 4].

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