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Business Accounting

How Big Data’s Use in Commercial Lending Can Level the Playing Field for Entrepreneurs

To benefit both the borrower and the lender, we must improve transparency and the loan process to protect and ascertain the true value of small businesses.

By Michael Carter

Building a Business

Your First $1 Million: How to Prepare For a Business Milestone

By Eyal Lifshitz

Business Accounting

4 Lessons for Entrepreneurs From Africa’s Solar Industry

By Ping Jiang

Business Accounting

Entrepreneurs Don’t See Business Financing the Way Lenders Do and It’s Costing Them

By Lisa Stevens

Business Funding

4 New Ways to Self-Fund Your Startup

Bootstrapping is a perfectly viable option, unless you're launching a business that needs staff, equipment or contractors, in which case you need money.

By Dan Blacharski

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.

By Dusty Wunderlich

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.

By Teresa Ciulla

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.

By Lucinda Honeycutt

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.

By Raj Narayanaswamy

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.

By Jodi Goldstein

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

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.

By Thomas Donaldson

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