Funding

Fund Me, Fund Me Not

This looks interesting. Got a great idea? Let your Fans decide! Post your idea on our Wall, and a video, too if you’ve got a lot to say. Make a difference in the lives of those trying to make a difference by “Liking Up” the venture you feel are worthy. You just might make the […]

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Alternatives To Bank Loans

photo credit: Omar Omar In today’s economy businesses, especially small businesses, need lending and it’s no surprise that banks are still leery of lending out huge sums of money to businesses on the off chance that they go under. I recently came across a great article located on Open Forum that offers some great alternatives to

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Give Micro-Bizs More Attention

Many times micro-businesses have been neglected when it comes to the national development of this country, reports Ben Ssebuguz at The Observer. Most of the government programmes put their focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). All banks are looking at working with SMEs too, neglecting the Micro-businesses. The civil society organizations have also put

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What You Didn’t Know About Venture Capitalists

photo credit: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ Today’s start-up environment is a world in which entrepreneurs must be self-sufficient. Entrepreneurs cannot rely on getting outside money. A recent interview was recently done with Mike Moritz who is quite possibly the most successful venture capitalist of his time. There were several great lessons given out during this interview regarding

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Funding Future Business Growth

photo credit: Soon. Reinvested profits are perfect. The best source of “venture capital” for an existing business is money your company is already generating. Many entrepreneurs miss growth opportunities by spending profits in unproductive ways. Others take the opposite extreme, pumping every penny into the business while taking nothing for themselves. Both can backfire. Many

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How Not to Ask for Money

photo credit: AMagill Billionaire Mark Cuban has written a very information post explaining how not to ask for money in email: The first thing I do at this point is look at the senders email address. Is it an email with the company name in the URL ? If it isnt.. ding, ding, ding. They

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