Tag: Capital
Business Accelerator Programs for Startups
When you’re launching a new business, there’s so much you’ll need to think about beyond the business concept itself. How can you find the right employees? How will you market the business? Are you taking all the proper legal steps in setting up your business? And, most importantly, how will you finance your ongoing business [...]
Posted by Kathryn Hawkins on Monday, April 8th, 2013Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
Crowd Funding Under the JOBS Act: Promising but Uncertain: Part II
The JOBS Act dramatically changes the regulatory requirements and limitations governing the offer and sale of securities by early- and mid-stage businesses by, among other things, permitting “crowd funding,” whereby a large number of individuals make small individual contributions to provide an early-stage business with capital. Below, we discuss briefly the provisions of the JOBS [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
The JOBS Act Opens The Private Placement Market: Part I
The President recently signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (known as the “JOBS Act“) with broad bipartisan support. The JOBS Act removes restrictions on solicitation and advertising for companies seeking to raise capital in private offerings (as opposed to a costly public offering). This change greatly expands a company’s ability to reach large numbers [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital, Startup
101: Angel Investors
If your business is in need of funding, and you’ve maxed out your personal finances, exhausted your supply of friends and family and tapped the crowdfunding arena for all its worth, then it may be time to seek out an angel. Not the winged cherubic types, but rather the earth-bound variety of high net worth [...]
Posted by Gregg Schoenberg on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Posted in 101, Capital, Finance and Economics
Tags: 101, Capital, Finance and Economics
Create a Funding Campaign
Do you have a great idea but you don’t have money to fund it? Then check out IndieGGo, it is a great website that provides a forum for people with dreams like starting their own business. You can easily create a funding campaign to raise money quickly and securely by tapping into your network of supporters [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, April 18th, 2011Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
Raising Capital: Final Installment
As we noted in our previous posts on raising capital, under federal law, any offer of securities must either be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or qualify for an exemption from registration. A registered offering under the 1933 Act is extremely time consuming and expensive, and generally occurs only once [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
Raising Capital: Offerings Up to $5 million
As we noted in our previous post on raising capital, under federal law, any offer of securities must either be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or qualify for an exemption from registration. A registered offering under the 1933 Act is extremely time consuming and expensive, and generally occurs only once [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
Raising Capital: Up to $1 Million
Under federal law, any offer of securities must either be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or qualify for an exemption from such registration. A registered offering under the 1933 Act is extremely time consuming and expensive, and generally occurs only once a company is thoroughly established. A company’s first registered [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Monday, June 28th, 2010Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
Capital: The Life Blood of any Business
Capital is the life blood of any business. A business needs capital to launch and later to grow its operations by hiring additional staff, developing new products or services and expanding its marketing efforts, among other things. This is the first of a series of posts we intend to publish that will provide an overview [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Posted in Capital
Tags: Capital
101 on Venture Capital
Venture capital investors play an integral role in the development of start-up companies by providing needed funds to high-risk, early-stage companies with strong growth potential. Venture capital investors provide entrepreneurs with initial seed money and additional financing at various stages of the often fast-paced growth process, with the ultimate goal of either taking the company [...]
Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Posted in 101, Capital
Tags: Capital, Entrepreneur, Venture Capital
Google Launches a Venture Capital Fund
After much speculation Google has officially announced their new venture capital fund. They expect to invest up to $100 million dollars in it’s first year; this is fantastic news for all of you entrepreneurs with great ideas looking for capital. Your idea may very well be “the next big thing” that Google is looking for. [...]
Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Posted in Articles of Interest, Capital
Tags: Capital, Entrepreneur, Google
If you’re just starting your business now, in 2009, where do you raise money?
Banks aren’t lending, venture capital firms are now effectively hedge funds, and American angels are about to be slammed by the crashing market and expected tax increases on capital gains, the source of angel investment power. Money has never been easy to raise when you’re selling a dream… presented confidently as a vision — for [...]
Posted by Rick Bell on Monday, March 9th, 2009Posted in Capital, Founder's Forum, Q&A
Tags: Capital, Investor
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