Posts Tagged ‘Investors and Lenders’
Equity Financing: Great for Rapid Growth Startups
We’ve spoken of financing a young company through friends and family, known as “inside angels.” There are three classes of equity investors for early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected.
Read More 4 Strategies to Attract Investors to a Small Business
By getting others to back a small business financially, the company will have a much better chance of being prosperous over the long haul. The good news is that there are several options aspiring entrepreneurs and established small business owners can use to attract others to a company for the purpose of helping to fund it.
Read More Can You Borrow Your Way to Success?
In order to be able to obtain a loan, SBA or conventional, you must meet the basic financial institution risk rating, which is known as the “5 Cs of Lending.”
Read More What’s the Difference Between Angel Investor and VC?
I see this confusion a lot: People use the terms “venture capital,” “venture capitalist,” and “VC” to apply to any outsider investing in a startup. However, it’s really useful to draw some distinctions in this area, between three important classifications: venture capital, angel investors, and anybody else.
Read More 3 Things You Need to Have When Raising Money
Each of us has a list of things we look for early on when identifying whether we want to go to the next step in analyzing a plan. Come to think of it, these are good for challenging any business plan.
Read More What is a Merchant Cash Advance Anyway?
If you’re just getting into a business, perhaps your first foray into entrepreneurial territory at all, you’ll probably hear the words “merchant cash advance” at some point along the way.
Read More The “Inciting Incident” and Investors
If you are a screenplay writer, you are familiar with the dogma of the inciting incident. In a movie, the inciting incident is the event at the beginning of the story which causes the hero’s life to be completely transformed and irrevocably changed, and which makes the whole story unfold.
Read More How to Find a Venture Capital Firm Aligned with Your Values
You’ve got the ideas. You’ve got the plan. You’ve even got a potential staff. What you don’t have is the money. Pairing with a venture capital firm can be promising but precarious.
Read More 5 Tips for Dealing with Lenders
Whether money is needed to fund a new project or to expand on an existing one, the same rules apply with respect to gaining the attention and generosity of lenders.
Read More Where to Find the Most Angels to Fund Your Startup
Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. That means they need to know you, or someone they trust who does know you.
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