Posts Tagged ‘Seeking Funding’
Top 10 Fundraising Ideas for Your Startup
Finding a way to fund a tech startup can seem like a never-ending cycle. After all, you want to start a business so that you can make money, but getting a business going requires money.
Read More Let Me Count the Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups
One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea.
Read More 10 Fundraising Lessons I’ve Learned as an Angel Investor
I’m still just a baby angel, with a lot left to learn. But what’s surprised me most about my foray into angel investing is how much it has taught me about being a better fundraiser. Here are 10 things I’ve learned about fundraising after becoming an angel investor myself:
Read More 5 Tips for SMEs Trying to Find Funding
Financial concerns can creep up on companies of all sizes and too much debt can of course become a serious problem for any business. But it remains very much the case that loans and other forms of finance are often essential to the prospects of SMEs in a wide variety of sectors.
Read More How to Survive Your Startup…Financially
Every small business owner sets out hoping to make good money, but it doesn’t always go that way—especially in the beginning. So the question becomes: How can you survive while your business gets on its feet?
Read More Half a Dozen Tips for New Bakery Owners
Running a bakery is not easy, and running a successful one is a whole other story. With long hours and hard work being the norm, it’s difficult for even the best bakers to run a profitable business.
Read More Hungry Entrepreneurs Always Seem to Find Capital
Every startup needs access to capital, whether for funding product development, for initial rollout efforts, acquiring inventory, or paying that first employee. Most entrepreneurs think first of bank loans as the primary source of money, only to find out that banks are really the least likely benefactors for startups. Thus “creative” really means maximizing non-bank financing.
Read More Startup Investor Money Always Comes with Strings
As an Angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and then disappear into the sunset. Would you do that if it was your money?
Read More 3 Ways to Save Time and Money Looking for Startup Loans
Finding loans to start a business can be time consuming and costly if you are not careful. While it does not usually actually cost anything to apply for a loan moneywise, it does cost time, and time is money.
Read More Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money
In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.
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