Business Accounting
The Perils of Short-Term Business Loans
Sometimes it makes sense to take a loan at brutal interest rates. More often, it's a sign the business is failing and the time has come to cut losses.
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Building a Business
Forecasting Is Hard, But It’s Harder to Run a Business Without Doing It
By Tim Berry
Building a Business
Tech ‘Winter’ May Be Coming. Here Is What It Means for Your Startup.
By Alex Iskold
Building a Business
What Types of Companies Is Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Actually Investing In?
By Eric Siu
Building a Business
The Do’s and Don’ts of Asking for an Intro to a Venture Capitalist
If you want to give in front of an investor to pitch your company, you better do some legwork first.
By Alex Iskold
Building a Business
The Top 5 Places Entrepreneurs Meet Investors
Savvy entrepreneurs go out of their way to meet the right people. Like anything else in life, it comes down to being in the right place at the right time.
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
Are You Ready to Seek Funding? This 10-Point Checklist Will Decide.
If you start seeking funding before you're ready, you could end up wasting your time and heading toward disappointment.
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.
Building a Business
Vroom, the Startup That Aims to Be the Zappos of Online Car Buying, Raises $54 Million
The company is trying to make buying a used car online as easy as buying a pair of shoes.
By Kate Taylor
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
12 Things Your Business Loan Application Must Include
If you want a business loan, make sure you have these dozen items in your loan application.
Building a Business
Anatomy of a VC Deal: How One Seattle Startup Raised $12.5 Million
We'll take you through the entire process, from pitch decks to cut checks.
Building a Business
Will Equity Crowdfunding Buyers Be Able to Sell Their Shares?
Buyers, beware. While private-company shares can now be bought relatively easily, selling them will likely prove more difficult.
By Scott Shane
Building a Business
The 7 Different Loans You Can Get as a Business Owner
Find out the pros and cons of the types of loans you can get when financing your new business.
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.
Business Funding
7 Things to Do to Get the Most Out of a Startup Accelerator
If your business has landed a spot in one of these programs, follow this advice to come out of it as the strongest company possible.
By Alex Iskold
Building a Business
The ABCs of Equity Financing
An introduction to financing your new business with equity funding
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.
Business Accounting
Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price
Here are four things entrepreneurs should know about this type of funding, along with some best practices.
Building a Business
How to Finance Your Business Yourself
Here's what you need to consider if you're thinking of bootstrapping your business.
Building a Business
How the First Artist Bank Is Catering to Creatives
The new bank and app are proving that artistry and finance are not mutually exclusive.
Building a Business
5 Tips for Veterans Thinking About Starting a Business
Military service is good preparation for the stamina and problem-solving required to be a successful entrepreneur.
Business Accounting
8 Best Practices to Seek Funding From Friends, Family and Fools
If the people closest to you won't support you, why should investors?
Business Accounting
3 Reasons Why Running Out of Money Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur
You'll be forced to ask the right questions to get you the right answers.
By Geoff Woods
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
Building a Business
Should a Startup Ever Splurge on Logo Design?
Let's follow that question up with two more: How much money do you have in the bank, and how developed is your brand?
Building a Business
What Angel Investors Care About Most When They Make Investment Decisions
Why people are as important as products in these initial funding rounds.
Building a Business
10 Bootstrapping Tips to Help Turn Your Idea Into a Reality
The chances of receiving funding is very slim, so if you are serious you are going to have to dip into your own pockets.