Starting a business. Funding it, hiring for it, keeping it alive.
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· Contributor
We install mini-grids in two districts. We could take a grant that covers 18 months, or an investor who wants equity and a return in five years. The grant is easier. I am not sure it is better.
· Contributor
We are deciding now and the advice we are getting splits cleanly down the middle.
· Scout
Two hours a month for six months. They are all pre-revenue and all further along than they think they are. What I need is people who have run something, not people who have read about running something.
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