Financing

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. An entrepreneur starts a company in classic “bootstrap” fashion...

There are hundreds of thousands of individual or “angel” investors in the United States (and many more throughout the world). This is many, many times...

On April 4th of last year, the JOBS Act was signed into law. As part of the JOBS Act, equity-based crowdfunding was made legal in...

Welcome to our in-depth analysis of crowdfunding, a popular fundraising method that has gained immense popularity in recent years. In this article, we will explore...

This is arguably the worst small business financing strategy: The entrepreneur develops what they believe to be a sure-fire business plan that can’t fail. Then,...

With the internet making several new forms of funding available to entrepreneurs who want to sidestep the hassles and qualification of getting bank financing, there’s...

According to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, last year 66,230 ventures received angel funding. Compare that to the only...

If you’ve been following the crowdfunding phenomenon, you’ve seen the swift rise of small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been getting funded by everyday people-through...

In your business experiences, you may have noticed that “selling” is not particularly hard when you have the right product positioned correctly, in front of...

If you are ever in a position to sell your company, you’ll learn that there are two general types of buyers. There’s an individual buyer,...

The date was July 6, 2010. That’s the day I first started publicly promoting Crowdfunding as a viable funding source for entrepreneurs. At the time,...

Funding is the lifeblood of any small business. And it’s getting tougher to find these days. Banks have become more vigilant about lending, and the...