Building a Business
Insider’s Guide to How to Fund Your Startup
How you fund your startup will play a deciding role in the company you build.
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The Shark Tank Effect: Top Success Stories from the First 3 Seasons
Just in time for the premiere of season four, a look back at 11 of Shark Tank's most successful entrepreneurs.
By Carol Tice
Building a Business
Rock The Post’s Tanya Privé on the Future of Crowdfunding
This start-up crowdfunding site isn't just up against giants like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, it also has the JOBS Act to contend with. Here, the founder dishes on the site's progress and overcoming obstacles.
Business Accounting
Move Over, Kickstarter: Microfunding Sites Target Local Communities
Several new funding sites are emerging to give entrepreneurs and creatives the chance to realize their goals one step -- and one community -- at a time.
Business News
Angel Investor Esther Dyson on the Traits of Rock Star Tech Leaders
An investor in companies such as Flickr and del.icio.us, Dyson shares insights on building a thriving company.
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How to Lose that Vital First Investor — And Succeed Anyway
Student entrepreneur Eric Muli reveals how hard work, rejection and a little luck helped him land an investor for his startup.
By Eric Muli
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How Young Entrepreneurs Turned a Tweet from Richard Branson into $1 Million
In starting up, whatever you do, do not miss an opportunity to meet tastemakers like Sir Richard Branson. Here's how two young founders met the billionaire and won him over.
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Shark Tank vs. KickStarter: How One Startup Used Both to Launch
When deals fall apart, it can often be for the best. For this business owner, the upside of losing angel funding was retaining equity and control over his company.
By Carol Tice
Building a Business
7 Lessons Every Young Entrepreneur Can Learn From ‘Shark Tank’
Even as the shark-infested TV show can be intimidating, the business lessons are plentiful. Here are some inspired tips that even off-camera entrepreneurs can learn.
By Jonah Lupton
Building a Business
Got Investors? Now, How to Handle Your Salary
Whether your investors are friends and family or VCs, here's a guideline on how to pay yourself as your startup grows.
Business News
7 Lessons Every Young Entrepreneur Can Learn From ‘SharkTank’
Even as the shark infested TV show can be intimidating, the business lessons are plentiful. Here are some inspired tips that even off-camera entrepreneurs can learn.
By Jonah Lupton
Business Accounting
3 Things You Must Know Before Pitching Investors
Consider these tips before you seek funding for your startup, whether from angel investors or VCs.
Business Accounting
Angels, Equity and a Shark of One’s Own
Many small-business owners who hope to land angel funding have expectations that are wildly unrealistic. Here's a reality check.
By Carol Tice
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Instagram Dreams? Wake Up. VCs Still Want to See the Money
With so many startups trying to follow in Facebook's -- and now Instagram's -- footsteps, they're forgetting one very important element: money.
By Diana Ransom
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How Guppy ‘Treps Fared After a Swim in the ‘Shark Tank’
Here's a look at what happened to three companies once their young founders got investors to take the bait.
By Daniel Bortz
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Crowdfunding’s Wild West Awaits a Stampede
Legislation headed to the President's desk could transform the way entrepreneurs access capital and the number of investors able to fund startups.
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Investor Lori Greiner on Her Swim in the ‘Shark Tank’
Guest "Shark" and QVC Queen dishes about her time on the reality TV show and what she likes to hear in an entrepreneur's pitch.
By Carol Tice
Business Accounting
Let Small Investors Join Angel Groups (Opinion)
Being rich does little to protect an investor from fraud. Often there is safety in numbers.
By Scott Shane
Business Accounting
10 Ways to Get Investors to Listen to Your Business Pitch
Wooing investors is a challenge even for entrepreneurs who're enthusiastic about their business. Here are ten tips on how to craft your investor pitch.
By Carol Tice
Marketing
How One Entrepreneur Used the Law of Publicity to Get Investors
Getting turned down by the 'Sharks' was the best thing to happen to one contestant.
By Carol Tice
Building a Business
Shark Tank vs. Undercover Boss: Which Are You Tivo-ing?
See what's coming up on both shows this season, which kicks off this week.
By Carol Tice
Building a Business
Why Crowdfunding is Bad for Business (Opinion)
Should federal law be changed to allow crowdfunding to become more widespread? Here's why that may be a bad idea.
By Carol Tice
Online Presence
Venture Investors Spar Over the Tech Bubble
Call it a bubble or not, Groupon's lower valuation may throw a wrench in it.
By Diana Ransom
Business Accounting
An Insider’s Take on Attracting Angel Investment
James Hunt, an angel investor and adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, shares his secrets on getting attention from financial backers.
By Gwen Moran
Business Accounting
How Daisy Cakes Reeled in a ‘Shark’
'Shark Tank' judge and investor Barbara Corcoran named a southern cake-making business as her best investment on the show. Here's how that baking entrepreneur's pitch stood out.
By Diana Ransom
Building a Business
Perfect Pitch: The Essentials for Investor Meetings (Infographic)
Here's a look at some of the most crucial details you'll need to convince investors to fund your startup.
By Jason Fell
Business Accounting
Doubts on Latest Plan to Lift Rural Small Businesses
President Obama announced a new plan to give hard-hit rural businesses a lift. But some wonder if it'll ever materialize.
By Diana Ransom