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It's hard to pick winning investments but there are often clear signs of a losing investment.

The are six factors that investors will focus on when evaluating your business. Know them by heart.

Assisting startups and major corporations with financing, Bo Yagmaie is looking to take entrepreneurs questions relating to VCs, funding and corporate formation.

When you no longer need their money, investor will flock to your business. The trick is keeping the bills paid until then.

Entrepreneurs need to scrutinize potential investors as closely as investors study the potential investment.

The self-funded entrepreneur can neither afford to outsource everything or do things poorly.

The necessity of learning from past failures and adjusting your investor pitch to avoid the mistakes that have led many other startups down the road to failure has never been more important.

Investors need to be assured your business is in good shape. It also helps to not proclaim your desire for a new car.

It is a rare startup that has the backing of venture capital fund, so forget about wooing investors and concentrate on wooing customers with your unique selling proposition.

How do you survive in a startup's infancy before there's a sale or even a product? See what these nine entrepreneurs did.

Pitching to investors can be a full-time job, but if you prepare yourself for meetings, it can save you precious time.

Former VC says you should approach these funders carefully, and be thorough in your research.

The cloud-based payroll company plans to hire more employees and extend its reach.

Egg-replacement startup Hampton Creek has raised its biggest round of funding to date thanks to the investment of Asian billionaire Li Ka-shing.

VCs and angel investors get a lot of attention, but personal loans and credit, followed by investments from friends and family, are the top funding sources for startups.

Entrepreneurs, beware: When a VC firm shuts down, the obligation to deliver a return on the investment rarely goes away.

Crowdfunding, which started as a way to fund small projects, has become a serious funding machine.

We're all in this together: Take a look at our exclusive list of 100 companies that are crowdfunding success stories.

SeedInvest aims to make it easier for startups to stand out from the crowd and give accredited investors the highest caliber of companies from which to choose.

Raise money for your business from your house, but beware of losing the roof over your head.

Don't swipe the plastic too carelessly, because it's a double-edged sword.