The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented challenges for businesses worldwide, with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) being particularly hard-hit. Access to funding became more critical than ever as SMEs struggled to stay afloat, adapt to changing market conditions, and seize [...]
When choosing a financial advisor, you can choose whoever you want, but if you want a collaborative relationship where you stay involved, then you need to choose carefully. There are many financial advisors available, but only a few that will [...]
Planning any marketing campaign within the parameters of a budget is no mean feat. But if you’re the marketing manager for a charity, you may find that budgets tend to be tighter and at first assessment, perhaps a bit unrealistic? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you are looking for information on VC, you often need to surf through the clutter on the Internet. While you may very well find what you're looking for, it's easy for you to experience information overload. But no worries, [...]
Can Friends and family equity funding work for your startup? Yes, absolutely. But be aware - you're treading on thin ice How many times have we all heard “never mix money/business and family” or the same for money/business and friends? [...]
Impact investing is a new term that's come into the investment sector less than a decade ago. Few people actually understand what it is, or who it benefits, but it's actually very simple to understand when broken down in simple [...]
VC term sheets 101: What a Term Sheet is and What a Term Sheet is Not What are VC term sheets? As explained by Founders Fund, the VC firm started by Peter Thiel, a term sheet is simply a contract [...]
