Building a Business 10 Entrepreneurship Realities You’d Better Learn Early Don't quit your day job if you think investors will drive over the cash you need as soon as they hear about your startup. By Anna Johansson
Building a Business How My Not-So-Hot Rod Taught Me the Difference Between Endearing and Enduring By Ray Zinn
Business Accounting Turn Your Customers Into Investors Ever hear of Regulation D 506c? If you're raising capital, you'll want to check it out. By Sally Outlaw
Business Accounting 18 Ways to Make Your Financial Model Stand Out to Investors Investors don't buy what they can't read. By David Teten
Building a Business Venture Capital Confidence Hits Two-Year Low The second-quarter Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index was released on Tuesday. By Ari Levy
Building a Business How to Create a Budget for Your Startup Failing to plan financially might mean you're unknowingly planning to fail. Learn how to develop short- and long-range plans to control your cash flow. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business 4 Tips to Set You Up for Crowdfunding Success For small-business owners considering alternative funding options, here are a few basic things to know about crowdfunding. By John Swanciger
Building a Business 7 Loan Programs Offered by the SBA If banks turn you down for a standard loan, check out these options from the federal government. By Teresa Ciulla
Business Accounting Why You Should Keep Your Personal and Professional Finances Separate It may be tempting to go all-in on your company, but it's better to play it safe. By Steph Wagner
Building a Business How to Find and Land Angel Investors If you're seeking equity funding for your new business, don't forget to look into angel investors. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business The ABCs of Equity Financing An introduction to financing your new business with equity funding By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business What You Need to Know About Funding Your Business Through Friends and Family Read this before you approach friends and family to finance your new business. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business How to Finance Your Business Yourself Here's what you need to consider if you're thinking of bootstrapping your business. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business Reduce These 9 Startup Risks for a Better Shot at Investor Funding Entrepreneurs can build leverage during negotiations by addressing these common causes of funders' anxieties. By Peter Gasca
Building a Business How to Find the Right Lending Alternative for Your Small Business Four reasons you may need to borrow, and alternative lending options for each one. By Kari Luckett
Business Accounting Angels vs. Venture Capitalists: How Do They Think? Before you make your first pitch, it's critical you know the mindset of these two groups. By Lisa Serwin
Building a Business Startups: Don’t Make These 3 Financial Mistakes How you manage your initial funds is critical, especially because many entrepreneurs use their life's savings to make the leap into independence. By Taylor M.
Business Accounting Money Talks: Alternative Financing Might Be Right for Your Business Skipping the bank is now easier -- and more popular -- than ever. By Stephen Sheinbaum
Building a Business 5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Their Ideas to Investors While entrepreneurs work hard to get a meeting with an investor, not all come prepared. By Arie Abecassis
Business Accounting Financing Face-Off: Debt vs. Equity One offers more money while the other allows for more control. The Money Guy breaks down the pros and cons of each option. By Joe Worth
Business Accounting 4 Tips for Landing Revenue-Based Financing No profit? No assets? No problem. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business Angels, Venture Capitalists or the Crowd: Who Should Fund Your Startup? The availability of capital for entrepreneurs is not the issue anymore, but rather how to access these funds from the angels, VCs or the crowd. By David Drake
Business Accounting This Entrepreneur Plans to Save the World, $1 Trillion at a Time Jigar Shah wants to help the environment -- and he's getting the money to make it happen. By Dennis Price
Building a Business What Young People Must Know About Entrepreneurship To prompt more teens and college kids to consider starting a business as a viable career option, clue them in to the following critical factors. By Miles Jennings
Building a Business Career Website Glassdoor Nabs $70 Million in Latest Round Google along with existing investors Tiger Global, Battery Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures participated in the latest round. By Reuters
Business Accounting 5 Essentials for Raising Your Growth Round of Funding A startup needs a good story to secure initial funding and good numbers to get a second round. By Matt Straz
Business Accounting Hinge, the Less Random Tinder, Raises $12 Million While Tinder is 'a game to play with,' Hinge is 'a tool to meet people,' says CEO Justin McLeod. By Laura Entis