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Building a Business

How One Young Trep Bucked the Odds During the Great Recession

Doing the opposite of what others expect is sometimes the fastest ticket to success. We spoke with Alexa von Tobel of LearnVest about why she started up a financial site in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression.

By Lyneka Little

Building a Business

7 Tips to Successful Fundraising for Young Entrepreneurs

By Irving Fain

Building a Business

Social Entrepreneurs Need to Make Money, Too

By Diana Ransom

Building a Business

Social Entrepreneurs Need to Make Money Too

By Diana Ransom

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.

By Catherine Clifford

Online Presence

5 Critical Questions Facebook Must Answer in Its IPO Roadshow

If founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to win over investors, he'll need to have clear explanations for these looming issues.

By Peter S. Cohan

Business Accounting

Venture Capital: Fewer Deals, Fewer Dollars

For the third quarter in a row, the market for venture capital shrank, continuing a long-term trend in the industry.

By Catherine Clifford

Business Funding

How to Raise Cash on Kickstarter

What you need to know about using the crowd-funding website to finance a creative project

By Michelle V. Rafter

Online Presence

The State of Venture Capital in 2012

For young companies looking for venture investments in the New Year, finding capital may be daunting but not impossible.

By Peter S. Cohan

Business Accounting

Five to Follow on Twitter for Raising Capital

When you start a fast moving and disruptive business, VCs may soon knock on your door. Until, then check out Joe Fernandez of Klout's top five feeds to follow on Twitter.

By Kara Ohngren Prior

Business Accounting

Would Looser Investment Rules Help Small Businesses?

The SEC is forming a small-business committee to review rules that entrepreneurs say make it harder to raise money. But relaxing the rules might not be a good thing.

By Carol Tice

Business Accounting

Three Tips to Raise Money in a Tight Economy

Entrepreneur‘s 2011 Growth Conference 1. Use crowdfunding sites. Peerbackers.com Profounder.com 2. Hire people who love your business. 3. Leverage insights from your financials.

By Jason Fell

Business Accounting

What You Need to Do Before You Pitch Investors

Raising money isn’t just about going to venture capitalists or angel investors. In fact, Scott Gerber said during his presentation at the Winning Strategies Conference in Long Beach today that most small businesses don’t need as much capital as they think, and some don’t need capital at all. Still others simply haven’t undergone the proper […]

By Kimberlee Morrison

Business Accounting

A Tale of Two Surveys

Are small business owners starting to feel more bullish about the economy? If you’re a trend-watcher like me, it’s hard to know for sure. According to The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Small Business Optimism Index‘s latest survey, small-business owners are still reluctant to spend or hire, their confidence shaken by slumping sales, price declines […]

By Rosalind Resnick