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Thought Leaders

If You’ve Been Asked to Be an Angel Investor, Consider These 3 Tips

It makes perfect sense that startups would want to connect with business veterans. But, do you even want to be an angel? And, if so, what should your strategy be?

By Matt Holleran

Thought Leaders

6 Ways to Become an Entrepreneur Without Starting From Scratch

By Rahul Varshneya

Business Funding

7 Women Investors Reveal What’s Different When a Woman Evaluates Your Pitch

By Devishobha Chandramouli

Business Funding

How to Attract the Socially Conscious Investor

By Brady Fletcher

Thought Leaders

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.

By Loretta McCarthy

Business Accounting

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.

By Vanessa Colella

Business Funding

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.

By Devishobha Chandramouli

Business Funding

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

Thought Leaders

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.

By David Nethero

Thought Leaders

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.

By Jonathan Sposato

Building a Business

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

Thought Leaders

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

Thought Leaders

Women Angel Investors Take Center Stage

Panelists share with crowd of 200 at FundingPost event.

By Rich Mintzer

Thought Leaders

50 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Can Fund Their Businesses

Alternatives to Silicon Valley's male-dominated VC firms.

By Jen A. Miller

Business Funding

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

Business Funding

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.

By Murray Newlands

Building a Business

5 Types of Startup Investors To Avoid

These investor behaviors can permanently damage their startups

By Mack Kolarich

Business Accounting

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.

By Aaron Orendorff

Business Accounting

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.

By Blake Marggraff

Business Accounting

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.

By Peter Daisyme

Business Funding

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.

By Jessica Herrin

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.

By Patrick Henry

Business Funding

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.

By Brenton Hayden

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.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

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.

By Samuel Edwards

Building a Business

What People Don’t Tell Entrepreneurs About Investors

They are basically all the same. Here is what I am doing about it.

By Adina Grigore

Building a Business

17 Things You Need to Know Before Doing Business in Cuba

Cubans are resourceful and tech savvy but the island nation's infrastructure is lamentable and its government still controls the economy.

By Mack Kolarich

Business Accounting

8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Dating site customers are fickle, hard to please and will dump one site for another without explanation. Sort of like the worst person you've ever dated.

By Martin Zwilling