Kareem Shaker – AHN Sports Reporter Tempe, AZ, United States (AHN Sports) – An internal investigation commissioned by a special Bowl committee last October and released Tuesday on the Fiesta Bowl has revealed several missteps by officials and employees, including excessive spending on bowl employees, politicians and business associates despite rules barring it from using [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Waltham, MA, United States (AHN) – British power supplier National Grid plans to cut 1,200 jobs from its operations in the United States as part of a global restructuring. The company expects to save $200 million from the workforce reduction by the end of the fiscal year. The job [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States (AHN) – A teenage boy who nearly beat a 15-year-old girl to death outside her school is suing authorities over his education in jail. Wayne Treacy, 16, is claiming he is not receiving a proper education while he remains incarcerated. The teen filed [...]

Oregon public companies would have to account for more than $3 billion in lease contracts under a proposed rule change being considered by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. View full post on Insurance Stories

In this case, I am talking about early-stage investors and the sins that they sometimes commit when they decide to back a start-up company. I spend a lot of time engaged with such companies – and much of that time is spent working to set right things that were set in place when the first round of angel funding occurred. What follows is a partial list of ‘sins’ and a few suggestions that might both mitigate their impact and improve the investors’ prospects.

Venture capital seems like a great idea to the budding entrepeneur. But the strings attached may make it your last resort.