Building a Business 5 Fundraising Lessons From a Startup Founder and Single Mom For example, how many male startup founders always get introduced as a 'dad'? By Jonathan Long
Building a Business What a 1990 Chevy Pickup Truck Purchase Taught Me About Raising Capital By Doug Winter
Building a Business Your Alma Mater Might Want to Finance Your Startup Alumni investment groups join the VC landscape. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business 7 Investor Questions Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Know How to Answer You have more of a chance of attracting investors if you can speak to these seven critical areas of a new business idea. By Peter Gasca
Business Accounting Why Big Brands Are Offering Big Funds to Small Businesses Small businesses are cashing in from corporate loans and grants. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business How to Land Your Startup’s Funding Before You Even Pitch Investors If you want investors to take you seriously, you need to demonstrate your growth potential and prove you know your market inside and out. By Vincent Molinari
Business Funding 7 Reasons You Should Stop Looking for Venture Capital Most companies can afford to -- and should -- be a little scrappier. Here's why. By Shannon Whitehead
Building a Business How Much Capital Should You Raise? Investors don't care about your 'burn.' What they care about is your next milestone. By Alex Iskold
Building a Business The Secret to Pitches That Nail It Every Time? Brevity. Investors stop listening when the pitch is just an avalanche of data. By Brock Stechman
Building a Business 4 Ways to Strategically Use New Funding to Boost Your Small Business That deposit into your account isn't the end of the transaction. Now you have to figure out the best ways to spend it. By Levi King
Building a Business Why the VC Game Is Attracting a Whole New Set of Players Corporations, cities and special groups have jumped into equity financing. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business The ‘Mayor’ of Entrepreneurship in Atlanta On Empire Builders Vs. Lifestyle Entrepreneurs David Cummings, the founder of Atlanta Tech Village, explains how he chooses which startups to invest in. By Catherine Clifford
Building a Business What Slow Exits Mean to Startup Investors Since the end of the Internet 1.0 boom in 2001, the time to exit for the average venture-capital-backed company has more than doubled. By Scott Shane
Building a Business How to Avoid Dangerous Investors and Possible Embezzlement One of my friends stole $700,000 from me. Don't let that happen to you. By Tim Linnet
Building a Business Airbnb Reportedly Raises Another $100 Million in Funding The home-sharing startup expects to be profitable in 2016, a source says. By Reuters
Building a Business Why Angels Are Moving Online Online platforms are a superior choice for less entrepreneurially experienced, less-active investors who are deploying smaller amounts of money. By Scott Shane
Building a Business Is This the Worst Decision a Private Tech Company Can Make? The CEO of Nasdaq reveals where he thinks many private tech firms go wrong. By Tom DiChristopher
Building a Business The 7 Sources of Startup Capital From loans from friends and family to billion-dollar mega venture capital firms, here are some quick tips on how to approach each. By Alex Iskold
Building a Business The Top 4 Wrong Reasons to Seek Investors There is plenty of evidence that too much money can undermine a startup more quickly than squeezing pennies. By Martin Zwilling
Building a Business 13 Tips on How to Deliver a Pitch Investors Simply Can’t Turn Down Hint: Practice your pitch. And then practice it again. And again. By Neil Patel
Business Accounting Y Combinator Creates New Fund to Invest In Its Later-Stage Companies The $700 million pool gives the incubator the ability to bet big on winner. By Laura Entis
Building a Business When to Use the Term Debt vs. Revolving Debt Knowing the difference can save you and your business big-time. By Ami Kassar
Building a Business What to Do When Your Funding Vanishes Enthusiastic public announcements aside, sometimes the check doesn't arrive as promised. So put down that champagne and heed the advice of entrepreneurs who've dealt with the disappointment of disappearing capital. By Judy Sutton Taylor
Business Funding Why Entrepreneurs Should Think About Non-Dilutive Financing What kind of funding you seek can make all the difference in how much money you raise and how much control you keep. By Scott Shane
Building a Business SCUBA Diving and Seed Money are More Connected Than You Think An expert explains the pitfalls that come after securing funding. By Sam Hogg
Building a Business 5 Essentials for Maximizing Results From Seed Capital The founder's primary job is stretching those first funds to afford a team, a prototype and a marketing plan. By Peter S. Cohan
Brick & Mortar How This Startup Is Making It Easier for Renters to Find Housing RadPad garnered 10,000 downloads in its first month. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business Private Aviation Company Wheels Up Raises $115M to Fuel App, Expansion The company, founded by serial entrepreneur Kenny Dichter, is bringing a membership model to flying. By Ray Hennessey