The following video excerpt comes from my FREE What You Need to Know About Starting a Business course where I talk about the five things every small business needs to be successful.
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There are 11 distinctly different steps required to conduct a successful crowdfunding campaign which can take upwards or 20 weeks to complete
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To Raise Private Equity from Acquaintances to Sophisticated Accredited Investors, Founders Will Need to Consider One Of Seven Funding Options.
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A Value Investor Looks Beyond Just Financial Metrics When Investing in A Business. They Will Consider Both Quantitative Factors Such as The Amount of Return on Their Investment and Qualitative Factors Such as The Management Team and Commitment of The Founder(s).
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Andrew Carnegie Was a Steel Baron and A Titan of Industry Whose History Contains Many Valuable Lessons for Small Business Owners.
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An Angel Investor is “smart money”, in that the Angels have expertise and connections that the fledgling business entity desperately needs.
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Bootstrapping refers to starting a business without any external investment from sources other than the founder and is the best early-stage path for most startups.
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Rather than follow the traditional routes of getting a loan or selling business shares to investors, have you considered ways to get customers to fund your startup?
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Many Entrepreneurs Seek Dumb Money to Fund Their Startups. Dumb Money Places A Drag on The Business with Debt or Dilution of Ownership. Smart Money Provides More Than Money to A Business in Terms of Leverage from Additional Skills, Experience, And Contacts Which Increases the Value of a Business.
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When a business approaches a lending institution about debt financing, the lender conducts an evaluation of the borrower using a method known as the 5 C’s of Credit
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