Building a Business
Your First $1 Million: How to Prepare For a Business Milestone
As your business grows bigger, be ready to make the transition from entrepreneur to CEO.
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Business Accounting
Entrepreneurs Don’t See Business Financing the Way Lenders Do and It’s Costing Them
By Lisa Stevens
Business Accounting
3 Financing Keys for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
As bank assets become more concentrated, entrepreneurs face increasing difficulty in obtaining financing. Here's how to maintain your momentum until you find funds.
Business Accounting
2 Services That Can Help You With a Friends and Family Business Loan
If you're borrowing from people you know to get your startup off the ground, check out TrustLeaf and Able. These services may help make the process easier.
Building a Business
Bootstrapping the Smartest Way
Working as a consultant or freelancer in your target market gets you paid to gain greater insight for your startup's success.
By Aytekin Tank
Business Accounting
3 Strategies for Getting Into Lending Shape
Convincing a lender of your need and viability as a business can often be the biggest hurdle.
By Brock Blake
Building a Business
The Tax Break That Small Businesses Need to Know About (Infographic)
You can get a tax deduction for equipment you buy for your startup
By Nina Zipkin
Business Accounting
4 Ways to Finance Your Business
The first step in building your business, or creating sustained growth, is a solid business plan.
Building a Business
Go Public or Stay Private? The Endless Debate, Continued.
Deciding whether to go public or not is about evaluating what's best for your company and its stakeholders.
Business Accounting
Debt vs. Equity Financing: Which Way Should Your Business Go?
Before making any decisions, know your goals and what you are looking for.
By Jared Hecht
Building a Business
Airbnb Seeks Funds Valuing it at $30 Billion
The booking site intends to use the financing to support new investments and growth opportunities.
By Reuters
Building a Business
You Cannot Cut Your Way to Growth
To grow or not to grow - that is the question.
By George Deeb
Building a Business
Here’s How to Attract Talent for Your Pre-Revenue Startup
When you don't have funding, here are a few pointers for attracting top-notch employees.
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.
Business Accounting
4 Lessons Learned in Getting Bank Financing
Consider these four topics before, during and after you apply for a small business loan. You'll be glad you did.
By Fan Bi
Business Accounting
3 Tips for Giving Your Small Business a Financial Spring Cleaning
Stay on track with these tips and you will find your small business is better prepared to grow and succeed.
By Lisa Stevens
Business Accounting
3 Common Credit Mistakes New Business Owners Make
When it comes to business credit, new business owners often don't recognize the mistakes they're making until it's too late.
Business Accounting
How to Fairly Divide Equity Between a Co-Founder and Investor
This is a huge foundational issue that can make or break your company, as it will affect every aspect of the business and will have consequences for the entire life span of the venture.
By Jeff Golfman
Brick & Mortar
Still Investing in Real Estate Through Traditional Avenues?
Get with the times. Real estate crowdfunding has paved the way for a new and more accessible form of investing.
Building a Business
Differentiate or Die Trying: What’s Next For the Alternative Lending Market
Smart organizations will find ways to engage with their customers outside of the direct sale.
By Chris Myers
Building a Business
These 7 Big Companies Also Fancy Themselves VCs
From Campbell Soup Company to 7-Eleven, corporate entities are getting into the venture capital game.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Accounting
Small Banks More Likely to Give Businesses the Funds They Need, Fed Says
Business owners were more positive in 2015, but cash flow and retaining good employees remain large concerns.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Know Your Cash Flow Blindspots
Don't be caught off-guard by common cash flow hurdles.
Building a Business
A Bra Company That Uses Smartphones to Find the Right Fit Just Raised $8 Million
The goal is to use technology to make the shopping experience, as well as the bras themselves, more comfortable.
By Laura Entis
Business Accounting
Why Big Brands Are Offering Big Funds to Small Businesses
Small businesses are cashing in from corporate loans and grants.
Building a Business
7 Ways Franchises Help Franchisees Obtain Financing
Don't go to the same lender who helped you buy your house for franchise funding. Here are a few much better options.
By Jared Hecht
Business Accounting
These 8 Disciplines Define a Fundable Entrepreneur
Register your intellectual property and demonstrate a customer focus early; just do these things in the right sequence.
Building a Business
6 Smart Reasons to Get a Business Loan
Don't have the working capital to take the next leap? There are good reasons to go into temporary debt.
By Jared Hecht