Business Funding
Do This Before You Look for an Investor (60-Second Video)
Feel like the time is right for outside investment? Consider these three things.
By Dan Bova
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Business Accounting
Want Your Seed-Stage Startup to Be Fundable? Check These 4 Boxes.
To help your startup succeed, you'll probably need outside funds. Use this checklist to make your concept fund-able.
By Zach Ferres
Business Funding
5 Quick-Thinking Solutions That Saved Durable Businesses
No matter how well you plan or how far ahead you think, unexpected expenses and market shifts will catch you out. Then thinking on your feet alone will determine whether your company survives.
By Rashan Dixon
Business Funding
Spoil Your Customers and Make Deliveries the Best Part of Their Day, This Entrepreneur Says
The guys behind this design and manufacturing company credit their success to happy customers.
By Dan Bova
Business Funding
3 Great Ways to Fund Your Business Without Splitting Profits or Equity
Stop looking for investors and keep more money in your bank account.
Business News
Funding And Financial Assistance For SA Women Entrepreneurs
Female entrepreneurs are growing in numbers, but without access to appropriate funding many start-ups will find it difficult to grow their businesses, regardless of whether there's a man or woman at the helm. Fortunately, access to funds for female entrepreneurs is improving thanks to government and private enterprises.
Building a Business
This Protein Drink Entrepreneur Was Able to Raise $8 Million — After Moving Across the Country
Iconic Protein's Billy Bosch hit a wall a few years after launching the brand, so he packed up and headed west.
Business Funding
This Culture-Tech Investor Made 200X on the Fastest-Growing Silicon Valley Startup Ever. Here’s How to Pitch Him.
From JUUL Labs to Honcker, culture-tech investor Gregg Smith reveals his winning philosophy.
By Dan Bova
Business Funding
What Pig Poop Taught Me About Growing a 20-Year-Old Business
Don't discount alternative funding sources and creative revenue streams. To get through the toughest times, companies must do whatever it takes.
Building a Business
6 Money Tips From Self-Made Billionaires
Entrepreneurship is not an easy road. You must carve your own way to success.
By Deep Patel
Building a Business
The Story Behind the Nation’s First Standalone LGBTQ+ Accelerator, Which Graduates Its 20th Startup Today
StartOut Growth Lab is billed as the first standalone, brick-and-mortar accelerator focusing entirely on LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.
By Hayden Field
Business Funding
Don’t Get Gouged by Private Equity Fees
Odds are, your banker is looking to make money, not a fair deal. Here's how you can manage your relationship with a private equity firm.
By Eli Boufis
Business News
How Financing Plays an Essential Role in The Establishment of a Franchise Business
Funding your franchise business requires talent
Building a Business
Why Not Getting VC Funding Might Be Better for Your Business
Here's why lifestyle businesses appeal to so many entrepreneurs.
By Jim Price
Business Accounting
With an Increase in Venture Capital Mega Deals, How Can Startups Stand Out?
While a great idea or product may put your emerging growth company in the running, breaking away from the crowd does take a significant amount of homework.
Building a Business
The World’s Most Valuable Startup Is a Company You’ve Probably Never Heard of
A recent $3 billion funding round landed Bytedance (parent of TikTok) the title of world's most valuable startup.
By Hayden Field
Business Accounting
98 Percent of VC Funding Goes to Men. Can Women Entrepreneurs Change a Sexist System?
Last year, the largest VC deal for a female team was $165 million -- a stark contrast to that for males, which was $3 billion.
By Hayden Field
Business Funding
Survey Shows Founders Ignored by VCs Are Succeeding With Equity Crowdfunding
Women and people of color seldom win the backing of venture capitalists, but they have a promising alternative with equity crowdfunding.
Building a Business
This Lyft Employee’s Entrepreneurial Past Inspired Her to Create a Business Pitch Competition for Lyft Drivers
Lyft recently surveyed its drivers and learned that nearly one-fifth of them run or aspire to run a company.
Business Funding
Who Would Invest in Your Startup, and Why?
The type of funding you should pursue depends on your business's value and scalability.
By Jim Price
Business Funding
You Can’t Get VC Funding for Your Startup. Now, What?
Take heart, because there are other paths to take to launch a company -- some very popular, and others virtually unknown.
Business Funding
This Unlikely VC Has Invested $4 Million in Underrepresented Founders
Women, people of color and LGBTQ founders receive less than 10 percent of venture capital. Arlan Hamilton is changing that.
By Alice
Business Funding
We Just Raised $21 Million. Here’s How to Spend a Massive Funding Round.
Follow these do's and don'ts to make the most of your funding without making any lavish mistakes.
By Avi Meir
Business Funding
VCs These Days Are Off Chasing Unicorns. But You Have Another Funding Option: Acquisition.
Showcasing that you have an innovative idea, understand your market need and have a talented team can get you in the door with the right potential partner.
Business Accounting
Is the VC Era Over? Let’s Hope So for the Sake of Business.
While VCs love to find and fund innovation, they're terrible at producing it.
By Ben Lamm
Tech
Should You Launch an ICO to Raise Money for Your Startup?
As of February 2018, 46 percent of the previous year's ICOs had already failed -- despite the fact that they had raised more than $104 million.
Business Accounting
She Raised Millions From Investors … Then Almost Lost It All
Raquel Tavares had just finished raising a round of funding -- and then her team looked at the company's numbers and realized they were almost out of money.
By Jason Feifer