Building a Business
Navdy, the ‘Google Glass for Your Car,’ Raises $20 Million
Despite product delays, the startup has raised a total of $33 million in about eight months.
By Jason Fell
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Building a Business
Avoid the Seed-Funding Surge Trap With These 8 Tips
A seasoned investor provides tips for startups to dodge the challenges created by the increasing availability of seed funding.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
4 Steps to Help You Prepare for the Fundraising Process
Raising capital can go much more smoothly when you come to the table prepared.
Building a Business
Angels, Venture Capitalists or the Crowd: Who Should Fund Your Startup?
The availability of capital for entrepreneurs is not the issue anymore, but rather how to access these funds from the angels, VCs or the crowd.
By David Drake
Building a Business
The One Simple Tool for Transforming Your Relationship With Investors
Creating a MAP will take no more than an hour of your time every month and will keep the lines of communication open, ensuring relationships with investors remain strong, and ultimately helping early-stage startups succeed.
By Will Ford
Building a Business
8 Questions That Will Help Set the Right Expectations With Investors
You need to seek an amount that is just right, based on your real needs, and consistent with the capabilities and interests of the investors you are addressing.
Building a Business
Top 10 Early-Stage Venture Capital Deals of 2014
Check out which little-known startups and sectors landed major funding in 2014.
Thought Leaders
Why Bill Gates Is Backing Impact Entrepreneurs in India
The Microsoft founder is joining other successful business leaders in supporting the Unitus Seed Fund. Here's why.
By David Bank
Building a Business
4 Options for Raising Capital From Friends, Investors or Even the Feds
Few entrepreneurs are self funded, all the rest need to jump through hoops and negotiate a web of rules.
Building a Business
6 Tips for Overcoming a ‘No’ When Seeking Funding
Encountering a rejection from an angel investor, friend or crowdfunder can be disheartening. But it just may be a signal to try new approaches.
Building a Business
The Right Tools for a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
A creators of a successfully-funded tool box offer tips and insights for how to launch a successful product that grabs the attention of the crowd.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
You Think Your Startup Is Worth How Much?
Here are five ways to defend your valuation to investors.
By Brian Foley
Building a Business
6 Tough and Timeless Startup Lessons
Success requires the confidence to begin and the humilty to listen when trustworthy people tell you what isn't working.
By Ankit Oberoi
Business Funding
Augmedix, the Google Glass App for Medical Data Entry, Raises $16 Million
The startup is developing an app for Google Glass that will give doctors easier access to patient information.
By Carly Okyle
Building a Business
6 Bootstrapping Tips From an Entrepreneur Who Turned $3,000 Into Millions
If you're considering starting a business, a small amount of money can go a long way towards building your future success.
Building a Business
The Year in Startup Funding (Infographic)
A snapshot of how entrepreneurs found funding for their companies in 2014 and which industries attracted the most dollars.
By Carly Okyle
Business Accounting
How Venture Capital and Crowdfunding Can Be Mutually Beneficial
V.C. and crowdfunding each have a place in the entrepreneurial landscape.
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
The Many Paths to Starting a Startup (Infographic)
From accelerator programs to self-funding to outsourcing prototype development, this infographic sheds light on some of the most popular paths toward launching a business.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
One Woman’s Unlikely Path to a $100 Million Company
Instead of taking more VC money, 1-Page became the first Silicon Valley company to get listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Building a Business
Staying Out of the Shark Tank: What To Consider When Choosing Investors
Here are a few tips to make your experience with investors a positive one that provides a boost to the business.
By Paul Mandell
Building a Business
What to Do When Employees Wonder Where All the New Funding Will Go
An influx of money can energize your team, or threaten dissatisfaction at how it is used. Transparence is the solution.
By Matt Straz
Building a Business
The 5 Things You Need to Land Venture Capital
Find out what VCs look for before investing in a new company.
Building a Business
Everything You Need to Know About Attracting Venture Capitalists
A primer on the types of financing venture capitalists provide and what they look for in a company.
Business Plan
How to Find an Angel Investor
Angel investors used to be hard to find, but that's no longer true.
Business Funding
Investors Toss $18.5 Million at Salad Chain Sweetgreen
Shake Shack's founder Daniel Meyer, billionaire Steve Case and other investors are sold on the healthy, seasonal fast-casual.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Pitching for Success: What to Do Before, During and After an Investor Meeting
To secure an investment, you need to capture the investor's heart, not just his mind.
By Ron Yekutiel
Building a Business
First Time Crowdfunding? Here’s What You Need to Know.
A quick primer on the pros and cons of crowdfunding your new venture.