Financing Your Startup: 5 Things to Keep in Mind

Building and launching a successful startup business today requires more than the ability to deliver a product; it requires a careful and calculated approach to financial management. If you have the perfect startup idea, here are a few things to keep in mind before you begin seeking out the necessary financing you need to get yourself started.
Read More

The 3 Stages of Successful Fundraising

Fundraising: Love it or hate it, unless you are independently wealthy, it’s key to the success of your new startup. When done right, it can lead to lucrative partnerships with angel investors and venture capitalists. Luckily, in my experience, the process of fundraising is always similar. The following steps were most crucial in raising each of my initial angel rounds.
Read More

3 Benefits to Bootstrapping Your Company

Recently, the St. Louis Business Journal described 2013 as the year “St. Louis tech took the money and ran,” profiling just how much money our city’s tech startups raised last year. The number is pretty impressive: $56M+ from just our top five startups.
Read More

Event Planning Finance Tips

The initial stages of planning an event can be daunting. People may have a great time attending your event, but operating at a loss puts the event, if not the company, at risk.
Read More