Funding a Startup
5 Venture Capital Tips for Hardware Startups: It’s More Than Just the Product
Hardware startups, like every startup, need capital to get off the ground. But when it comes to getting started, it’s hard to point to a standard operating manual, because the world of hardware startups is…
5 Ways Alternative Finance Can Help Your Online Business
Running an online business without a physical shop can be challenging. Whether it’s keeping up to date with changing terms and conditions or dealing with that difficult customer, there’s always something to keep you occupied….
8 Types of Investors That Entrepreneurs Need to Avoid
Don’t assume that all investors are the same, just because their money is always the same color. Every entrepreneur should do the same due diligence on a potential investor that smart investors do on their…
7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources to Finance Your Startup
Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. I challenge any entrepreneur, for example,…
Your Business: Grow It and Hold It?
Taking money from professional investors such as angels or VCs usually requires that you agree to seek an exit for those investors in your plan, often targeting five to seven years as the ideal period…
10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid with Venture Capitalists
Entrepreneurs often know more about running their business than they do about raising funding from venture capitalists. As a result, their attempts to get VC funding fall short. There are a number of typical pitfalls…
The Best Advice Startups Will Never Follow
Let me tell you a few short hair-raising stories of entrepreneurs who have raised money and regretted it later. Here are some rules that entrepreneurs almost always ignore to their future peril. Don’t take money…
7 Investor Term Sheet Demands Startups Need Not Fear
Most entrepreneurs looking for an investor can tell you how much money they need, but few have given much thought to what they are willing to give up for it. Perhaps they’re way off in…
Small Business Funding Options: Business Credit Cards vs. Consumer Credit Cards
Credit cards are a common part of daily life, in both a personal and business respect, for many. Small business owners have the option to finance much of their day to day on a credit…
8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring
A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without…
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