photo credit: tombothetominator Do existing businesses need money? Probably. Is this a time to start a business? Maybe. In either case, the business plan you write today will be different than the one you wrote five years ago. Five years ago money was available. It is still there, but it is a lot harder to [...]

photo credit: cwbuecheler Many start-up companies and even savvy business people are not aware of what it takes to find capital to launch their new idea or propel their business forward. There should be no shame in this because if you were an expert on it you would be in business finance and not the [...]

photo credit: star5112 “Get an introduction to the venture capitalist.” It’s good advice. It just isn’t always possible, or even likely. Many outstanding entrepreneurs with equally outstanding financing proposals simply don’t have The Introduction. Unsolicited, and un-introduced, financing proposals are typically tossed into the dog pile or slush fund or circular file. In most venture [...]

photo credit: oneVillage Initiative If you are an entrepreneur with a small technology based company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth. According to Jim Casparie, founder and CEO [...]

photo credit: Marcin Wichary Where, oh where, has that business grant gone? Everyone talks about them. Few seem able to actually find them. Some, in fact, claim that business grants are everywhere; some claim they are as rare as a trout tooth. The truth, dear Watson, lies somewhere in between. “Business grants are there for [...]

photo credit: rachie lea All businesses start with “the big idea”. The person with the idea often times does not have all of the start up capital that they need to turn this multi-million dollar idea into a reality. The first place that many business owners start to seek funding is from friends and family. [...]

photo credit: Jazz Defo Many would-be entrepreneurs who are long on vision but short on capital think that “angel” investors are the way to go for start-up capital, and they very well may be. Before approaching them, here are 10.5 things you should know: * 1) Angel investors generally participate in the early stages of [...]

photo credit: Mdrewe Nowadays entrepreneurial ventures are constantly making headlines and featuring on television shows both in the US and abroad, which is pushing more and more people to make that change and start their own business. Some use their previous experience to provide a refined version of an existing business model that they believe [...]

photo credit: jaroslavd It’s not new news any more, but China is on track to become a major economical superpower. Many people see it as an “upcoming” market, and often group it with the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) theme, but the growth in China is so fast, it actually poses a risk to the [...]

photo credit: Ctrl+Alt+CancIn order to attract film production and provide for economic development and incentives, many states and territories including Arizona, Rhode Island, Georgia, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico have enacted aggressive legislation that provides for tradable Film Production Tax Credits. Tradable tax credits have historically been part [...]