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filed in Angel Capital, Business Loans, Business Management, Business Opportunities, Business plan, Financing, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors on Aug.03, 2009
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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 find, and [...]
Tags: Brick and mortar business, Business, Business plan, Economy of the United States, Slam dunk, small Business, United States, World economy
filed in Finding Investors on Aug.03, 2009
If you have made the decision to come to the United States under an eb5 visa, which is often referred to as a business investor visa, you have plenty of options. You might have the perfect idea of how to start a business, and now that you have the capital, you might wonder what to [...]
Tags: Business, Chicago, Chicago metropolitan area, EB-5 visa, Illinois, Immigration, United States, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
filed in Finding Investors on Mar.25, 2009
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As the economy continues to face credit challenges, small businesses, especially new, start-up companies are finding it even more difficult to find the capital they need to take their ideas and concepts and turn them into viable businesses.
Private equity firms and angel groups are no longer actively seeking new investments. They are [...]
Tags: Business, Credit card, Finance, Financial services, Loan, Private equity, small Business, Small Business Administration
filed in Business plan, Financing, Finding Investors, Grants for Business, Investment Grants, Investor Presentations, Private Loans, Private equity, Start Up Capital on Dec.20, 2008
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“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 capital [...]
Tags: Business, Business plan, Company, Financial services, Investment, Master of Business Administration, Oceania, Venture capital
filed in Accredited Investors, Angel Capital, Business Loans, Business Management, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors, Grants for Business, Green Technology, Investment Grants, Private Loans, Private equity, Specialized Industries, Start Up Capital on Dec.20, 2008
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During the 1970s in a number of countries around the world, a push began to install solar energy panels on private residences. Many experts contended that solar energy, including solar energy incorporated into residential property, was to be the proverbial wave of the future. In reality, the early movement towards solar energy [...]
Tags: Business, Clean technology, Energy, Energy development, Natural gas, Renewable, Solar energy, Technology
filed in Business Management, Business plan, Financing, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors, Grants for Business, Manufacturing Capital, Private Loans, Specialized Industries, Start Up Capital, Technology Investment on Dec.20, 2008
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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 [...]
Tags: Business, Cisco Systems, Entrepreneur, Google, Investment Banks, Mergers and acquisitions, Salesforce.com, Venture capital
filed in Accredited Investors, Angel Capital, Business Opportunities, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors, Grants for Business, Investment Grants on Dec.20, 2008
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Alright, so you woke up one day, checked your Swiss Bank Account, called your family office planner, had breakfast with your private client service wealth manager, got your tax accountant on the phone, and between three of you, you decided to invest your proceeds from your latest company’s Merger or Acquisition [...]
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filed in Angel Capital, Business Loans, Financing, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors, Investment Grants on Dec.20, 2008
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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 a [...]
Tags: Angel investor, Business, Company, Financial services, Initial Public Offering, Investment, IPO, Venture capital
filed in Accredited Investors, Angel Capital, Business Loans, Financing, Finding Investors on Dec.20, 2008
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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 [...]
Tags: Angel Investment Network, Google, North Dakota, South Dakota, Starbucks, United States, US, Wisconsin
filed in Accredited Investors, Angel Capital, Business Loans, Business Management, Financing, Finding Investors, Foreign Investors on Dec.20, 2008
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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 [...]
Tags: Angel Investment Network, Asia, China, Economy of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Special Economic Zone, US