Funding a Startup
Planning to Bootstrap Your Business? Follow These 7 Tips
When starting a tech company, it can be tempting to make venture capital a priority, but finding it shouldn’t be what drives your business decisions. I knew I wanted to bootstrap my business, BuySellAds, so…
10 Startup Strategies to Minimize Cash Flow Disasters
The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service…
3 Strategies for Bootstrapping from the Beginning
While choosing to forego outside investment can leave your business more susceptible to the ups and downs of the market, it can also be exhilarating to be in complete control of your professional destiny. Your…
How Can a Small Business Benefit from Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding has been the latest craze in helping people fulfill their dreams and turn them into reality. I am sure many of you have heard of Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that allowed for…
How to Secure an SBA Loan for Your Business
Small businesses are having an easier time obtaining credit than before thanks to the current economy. According to Small Business Trends, 25.2 percent of small businesses in December 2017 were approved for loans by large…
Why Personal Credit Matters When Funding Your Business
Once you register your business as an LLC or a corporation, it begins building its own credit score. This doesn’t render your personal credit score irrelevant, though, because it takes some serious time and revenue…
Take These 3 Funding Myths with a Grain of Salt
Funding your business isn’t difficult, but acting on poor advice makes the process unnecessarily challenging. Your friends and family will support your vision, but there’s no guarantee they understand what it takes to fund a…
Everything You Need to Know About Financing a Rental Property
For the longest time, real estate has been an ideal choice for many investors in the U.S., whether for personal or business investment. When you own investment property you enjoy many benefits. There is immediate…
The Essential Guide to Family Member Loans
Family loans are loans between relatives and family members. For some, borrowing money from a relative is a better option than taking a loan from a bank. With family loans, the borrower is not restricted…
Careful About Equity and Options in Early Stage Businesses
This post is longer than usual. For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. I just couldn’t reduce it to far fewer words… Dave Here…