As your startup continues to grow, it's inevitable that you'll want to secure venture funding to continue on an upward trajectory with your business. While angels are known for cutting checks up to the $100,000 range, VCs will hand over [...]
Bootstrapping falls somewhere in the top 3 list of most common ways that startups choose to fund their business. While this frugal practice can't possibly guarantee you success in the end, it's certainly a great way to keep an equity [...]
When you want to expand your business a loan can be very instrumental in the business operations. However, it’s not always easy to secure a loan and for business with no prior experience, it can be very frustrating. Most banks [...]
If you are trying to run a small business, you have probably already come across a number of different obstacles. Small businesses are hard to get off the ground and even harder to keep running, but they can be extremely [...]
Angels are a unique breed when it comes to investors. They're usually self-made, make decisions mostly based on their gut feelings about a given opportunity, and are often considered more approachable than the big bad venture capitalist sharks of the [...]
In total, some $56-billion dollars was invested into the North American startup economy by VCs in 2016 (data is accurate as of October 2016.) Numbers don't lie and those are big numbers! Venture capitalists are definitely a large part of [...]
Working capital is a sure sign of a company's health. When this particular health marker is low or nil, a company isn't able to keep up with their short term expenses and monthly bills (ie., accounting liquidity). Investors Not Likely [...]
Republic is a recently released startup investing platform. It's an offshoot of the popular AngelList crowdfunding platform. The goal with this particular platform is to take the Silicon Valley successes that AngelList has helped to achieve and make it more [...]
There's no shortage of advice out there for angel investors looking to make sound investments in the growing startup space – both inside and outside Silicon Valley. If you're looking for advice on reading balance sheets or performing the most [...]
As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably experienced plenty of rejection by now. You’re used to hearing the word “no,” but you wouldn't be where you are today if you weren’t persistent in your ventures. Just as you’ve overcome rejection from prospective [...]
