photo credit: e³°°° In recent light of credit crunching down so much and the economy going down the toilet rapidly, we have all seen several articles posted on where to find additional help and financing such as with Angel Investors. However, as with any area of finance even Angel Investors have their bad points […]
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photo credit: Olivier Bareau The IPO market has all but disappeared, and lofty merger and acquisition deals are unthinkable. So entrepreneurs, as well as their employees and investors, are left with few opportunities for unloading their stock. In April of this year SecondMarket launched a new site called Private Company Marketplace where businesses get to
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ReadWriteWeb: Microlender Kiva announced it will begin a pilot program of loans to U.S. small enterprise. Kiva began in Africa, and after four years has since expanded to 44 countries, mostly in the developing world. The test will start with 45 U.S. businesses, ranging from baked goods deliveries to child care and taxi drivers. For
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photo credit: lumaxart As entrepreneurs, many are proud to say that they are some what of a risk taker, however in a down economy and when your talking about your hard earned money, one tends to be a little protective and more conservative with good reason. Even high stake investors started pulling out of the
photo credit: alfonso benayas While in the past entrepreneurs have had to do a lot of exaggerating to get their business off the ground as far as lying through their teeth in order to get the financing they need, or they had to sell their soul’s to get the financing, today there are better and
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photo credit: @MSG The fact is that franchise companies still want to grow; and many individuals are still chasing the American Dream. Both groups realize that the lack of available credit is hampering their ability to make this happen. Solutions exist, but they often require some out-of-the-box thinking and aggressive efforts on everyone’s part. Third
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College Mogul: Are you able to pitch your company in under a minute, or even thirty seconds? Well, you should be able to do it in one sentence. The easiest way to do this is to compare your model to another one (or two if it is a combination) that people already know and understand.
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The New York Times: Evan Sheftel of New York knew he could grow his business of buying and refining old jewelry. All he needed was capital, and quickly. But he had exhausted his credit with conventional lenders. Across the country, in Los Angeles, Jay Turo and his company, Growthink, were looking for profitable investments. Thanks
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