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Working with Investors

The Benefits of Crowdfunding

Jun 18, 2013 By Bill Zanker

When you have a small business, it can be tough to raise the money you need to launch, expand, or promote your company. That’s one reason a lot of smart small business owners today are turning to the newest fundraising technique—crowdfunding.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Crowdfunding, Developing an Idea, Equity, Finding Capital, Investors and Lenders, Partnerships, Product Development

Investors Seek Out Entrepreneurs with Resilience

Jun 17, 2013 By Marty Zwilling

If you haven’t had a failure, you aren’t pushing the limits. If you are really an entrepreneur, you are a risk taker and less cautious by nature, so failures should be expected. Wear you startup failure as a badge of courage. Don’t go after failure, but embrace it when it does happen and grow from it.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Character, Failures, Innovation, Investors and Lenders, Mistakes, Overcoming Obstacles

Seed Capital from Friends and Family

Jun 12, 2013 By Rick Gossett

You have a great idea but you need more cash than you have in your account. You don’t have a proven track record and potential investors are not giving you a chance. Your options are limited to friends, family and a small local network. You need to sell your idea, but you don’t want to over-sell your friends and family.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Business Plan, Developing an Idea, Family, Investors and Lenders

Do Investors Back First-Time Entrepreneurs?

Jun 11, 2013 By Rick Gossett

Investors do indeed back first-time entrepreneurs, but it’s clearly their second choice. Most investors prefer to find an entrepreneur who has a proven track record—at least one successful venture—and then bet that the success can be repeated. Their mantra is: “We back the jockey, not the horse.”

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Cash Flow, Equity, Finding Capital, Investors and Lenders, Starting a Business, Startups

8 Key Focus Elements Will Attract Startup Investors

Jun 10, 2013 By Marty Zwilling

One of the most common failures I see in startups is lack of focus. Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Investors hear this as trying to do too many things with limited resources, meaning the startup will not shine at anything, and will not survive the competition.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Angel Investors, Business Plan, Competitors, Establishing Priorities, Investors and Lenders, Market Segmentation, Product Development, Solving Problems, Startups

How to Find the Right Venture Capitalist for Your Startup

Jun 10, 2013 By YEC

As an entrepreneur, you’ve got to choose the right VC to work with, because the right marriage can help define how successful your business will be and how happy you will be running it. Here are 4 key points to consider for a happy and long-lasting marriage with a VC.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Business Documents, Finding Capital, Investors and Lenders, Relationships

3 Ways to Make Your Business More Attractive to Investors

Dec 19, 2012 By Deborah Sweeney

Small businesses looking to expand are often looking for investors—but don’t know what they should do to make themselves more attractive to those investors. To make your business more investor friendly, follow these 3 key steps.

Filed Under: Working with Investors Tagged With: Business Credit, Business Documents, Business Services, Cloud Services, Finding Capital, Investors and Lenders, Personal Outlook, Relationships, Solving Problems

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