Posts Tagged ‘Seeking Funding’
3 Tips for Financing Your Dental Practice
Opening your own dental practice is a huge step. Whether you are starting out on your own, or you are branching out from an already established business, it is going to be a challenge in many ways. One of the first challenges to overcome is that of financing. Consider Dental Practice Working Capital Loans These…
Read MoreWhy VC Funding Might Not Be for You
It’s an exciting time for startups and aspiring business founders. With investors pumping so much money into the industry it’s easy to see why. We’re hearing more and more about “unicorns” valued at more than a billion dollars and companies spending enormous sums to acquire other businesses. The numbers look amazing. But not all funding…
Read MoreGrants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price
Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly.
Read More 3 Ways to Know Government Small Business Loans Are an Option for You
While the government doesn’t offer direct small business loans, they do support small businesses through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Read More How Entrepreneurs Attract Friends, Family and Fools
Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors.
Read More 6 Keys to Proving a Viable Startup Business Model
How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question.
Read More How to Start a Business Even with Bad Credit
If you have bad credit you may think there is no way you can start your own business. This isn’t really the case at all. Of course it may be a little harder, and you will have to be diligent in managing your finances.
Read More Realistic Strategies for Funding Product Development
Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology.
Read More How Can Your Startup Use the “Bakery Model”?
We’ve all been there. You start talking about creating your own business and the ideas start flying out of your mouth. The problem with that is moving forward and getting those ideas to become something a bit more substantial.
Read More 8 Questions to Help Set Expectations with Investors
One of the big questions that every entrepreneur struggles with is how much funding they should request from investors in the first round.
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