Building a Business
5 Qualities VCs Look for in Your Startup Team
Investors are interested in your great idea but more interested in the talent and cohesion of the people charged with making it profitable.
By Tx Zhuo
VC Funding | Page 7
Business Accounting
Super Angels Answer the Prayers of Startups Starved for Funding
Building a Business
Staying Out of the Shark Tank: What To Consider When Choosing Investors
By Paul Mandell
Building a Business
How One Woman Got Past the No’s and Landed VC Funding
Female entrepreneurs, take note.
Tech
4 Reasons Not to Confuse Early-Stage Money for Success
The rigors of bootstrapping your startup shape company culture, compel innovation and keep control where you want it, in your hands.
By Jan Verleur
Business Operations & Logistics
How to Make Your Cash and the Investor’s Patience Last Until You’re Profitable
Ask investors for more than you think you need, because you're probably optimistic, and spend slower than you planned, because you're a realist.
Building a Business
Founders: When Fundraising, Ask for More Than You Think You’ll Need
To preserve equity, fight for a higher valuation rather than paring back much-needed cash.
By Sam Hogg
Business Accounting
The Largest VC Fund ($500M) Raised by Majority-Female Partners Quietly Closed in June
It launches today.
By Laura Entis
Business Accounting
Want to Get a VC’s Attention? Make Sure You Do These 6 Things.
Raising capital is perhaps the most difficult challenge any entrepreneur faces in starting a business. Here are a few tips to make it less daunting.
By David Drake
Building a Business
11 Things You’re Probably Too Polite to Tell the VC Who Wasted Your Time
There is nothing like a few meetings with insincere, boastful investors to encourage your embrace of the lean startup strategy.
By Gabe Lozano
Building a Business
The 7 Due Diligence Basics for Investing in a Startup
There is only so much an investor can due to reduce risk, so be sure to do all of it.
Building a Business
7 Tips for Investing in Your First Company
Startups have an intoxication allure for investors but expect to get rich slowly, if at all.
Business Accounting
When It Comes to Equity Stakes, There’s No Need for Contention
We take a look at the issue from both the investors' and founders' point of view.
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
An Insider’s Perspective on Wooing Investors to Your Startup
Step one to making a winning investor pitch is talking a mental seat on the opposite side of the table to look at your company as they will.
Building a Business
5 Warning Signs a Startup Is a Bad Investment
It's hard to pick winning investments but there are often clear signs of a losing investment.
Business Accounting
The 7 Elements Investors Look for in Your Funding Pitch
Present all the facts that drew you to your great idea, season with your passion and you will wow investors.
By Bo Yaghmaie
Business Accounting
What a VC Insider Learned in the Past 10 Years About Startup Funding
Our expert Bo Yaghmaie explains how entrepreneurs should prepare for the worst.
By Bo Yaghmaie
Building a Business
7 Ways to Leverage an App’s Press Coverage with Investors
If you've already scored some good media coverage, use it to your benefit when trying to score funding.
By Zach Cutler
Business Accounting
Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Take VC Funding
While many entrepreneurs are clamoring to get their hands on some outside funding, some founders aren't really down with that strategy.
By Aliza Freud
Building a Business
5 Things Investors Want to Know Before Signing a Check
Your absolute faith in your idea is not shared by investors but, if you see things as they do, you can persuade them.
Building a Business
Before You Scale Your Business Decide on the Life You Want
Taking your business to the next level is first about knowing what sort of life you want to lead
By Rohan Ayyar
Building a Business
10 Insights from 10 Years Running a Business
If you aren't afraid to fail, quit your day job, hire people smarter than yourself or work very hard, you can succeed.
Business Accounting
Actually, You Don’t Need VC Funding to Succeed
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.
By Rohan Ayyar
Building a Business
Why Today’s Bullish Economy Is Bad for VCs, But Good for You
A stable economy means less competition for scoring investment.
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
5 Things to Look for in a Venture Capitalist
Former VC says you should approach these funders carefully, and be thorough in your research.
Business Accounting
More Money, More Problems: The Down Side of a Mega Valuation
The bragging rights may be tempting, but achieving a jaw-dropping valuation for your company can cause problems down the line.
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
Have a Burning Business Question? Ask the Expert: Kirsten Green.
The investor behind hot startups Warby Parker, Birchbox and Bonobos is looking to take your questions.
Building a Business
Billionaire Reid Hoffman Reveals LinkedIn’s 2004 Pitch Deck Along With Invaluable Startup Advice
The LinkedIn co-founder and VC shares valuable insight on what entrepreneurs need to know when pitching their startups to investors.
Business Accounting
Fundraising 101: Words of Advice From One Founder to Another
For our series The Grind, the founder of Travefy offers up advice on securing external capital.