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7 Women Investors Reveal What’s Different When a Woman Evaluates Your Pitch
With the number of women founders rising, women investors are an important success factor for them.
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How to Attract the Socially Conscious Investor
Like consumers, investors are voting with their wallets for socially responsible businesses. Here's how to get their vote.
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Why the Rise in Female Angel Investors Is Good News for Women-Led Startups
It's no surprise that more funding for women entrepreneurs coincides with an increase in the number of women angel investors.
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4 Traits Perceptive Investors Look for in Tech Startup Founders
A brilliant founder with a good product is a better bet than a so-so founder with a brilliant product.
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New Study Finds 5 Key Differences in How Male and Female Founders Raise Capital
Women tend to bootstrap to avoid raising debt. Men tend to raise money however they can and bootstrap to make it go further.
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Improve Your Odds of Getting Funded by Matching Your Pitch to the VC’s Investment Pattern
It's the often unseen trigger -- that invisible 'something' -- that gets them to bite. Seek it, use it, close the deal.
By Alex Gold
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Why Investing in Women-Led Startups Is the Smart Move
Research and personal experience have shown women entrepreneurs are a good bet for this angel investor.
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What Happened When This Angel Investor Committed to Investing Only in Companies With a Female Founder
Upon making the announcement, he was immediately deluged with responses ranging from relief to gratefulness to unbelievable outrage.
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My Customers Showed Me the Door. Here’s How I Won Them Back.
Five tips for translating tectonic market shifts into startup opportunity by delivering what customers want.
By Lior Gal
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4 Things Women Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Approaching Angel Investors and VCs
Here are four factors that will help you prepare your pitch and secure an investment.
By Carol Sankar
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Women Angel Investors Take Center Stage
Panelists share with crowd of 200 at FundingPost event.
By Rich Mintzer
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50 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Can Fund Their Businesses
Alternatives to Silicon Valley's male-dominated VC firms.
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What You Can Learn From This Angel Investor’s 5 Rules of Investing
Whether you're an entrepreneur thinking about where to place your next investment or a passionate startup seeking capital funding, understanding these rules can make a big difference.
By Mathew Myers
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Where to Meet Angel Investors and How to Pitch Them When You Do
Get your startup off the ground by learning how to pitch angel investors and raise money.
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5 Types of Startup Investors To Avoid
These investor behaviors can permanently damage their startups
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Unicorn Investors: The Top 5 Firms With the Best Record
For entrepreneurs, especially those with a focus on mobile-first, looking to get funding, here are the top investors to keep an eye on.
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Lean Hogs. And 6 Other Unusual Investments That Can Pay Off.
Lean hogs? Goat rentals? Crowdfunded real estate? Weather derivatives? What is your investment portfolio missing?
By Sujan Patel
Business Accounting
More Than Money: How the Right Investor Can Add Lasting Value to Your Startup
Taking money from an investor before thoroughly vetting him or her is like getting married after your first date.
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The Benefits of Buying a ‘Boring’ Businesses Instead of Seeking the Next Big Thing
Boring businesses are stable and profitable, but could use some new marketing strategies to tap into additional growth.
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The 5 Questions Investors Will Ask When You’re Pitching Them
From market size to your team's qualifications, our entrepreneur expert Jessica Herrin, shares with us the questions investors will ask entrepreneurs pitching their business.
Building a Business
What 25 Years and $200 Million in Financing Taught Me
There are a plethora of ways to raise funds for a startup company, but try these suggestions to retain control.
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6 Things Your Investors Are Thinking While Seeing Your Pitch
Investors want to make sure that you have the tenacity and ability to succeed, Also, that they're going to make a profit.
By Rehan Ijaz
Business Accounting
Demystifying 11 Fundamentals for Financing Your Business
At some point most businesses will need an infusion of capital, here are the most common ways to get it.
Building a Business
Your Guide to the High-Risk, High-Reward World of Investing in Startups When Fundamental Finance Law Changes Go Into Effect May 16
New rules for equity crowdfunding mean that nonprofessional investors can now buy pieces of a business.
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An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Navigating Various Funding Options
Do your research on different funding options and fine out which ones are best for your idea or product.
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What People Don’t Tell Entrepreneurs About Investors
They are basically all the same. Here is what I am doing about it.