Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Beijing, China (AHN) – Wal-Mart, the world’s leading retailer, is investing into 360buy.com, an online retail company in China. The founder and chief executive of the Chinese firm based in Beijing said aside from Wal-Mart, there are five other companies that will buy a stake in the online company. The [...]

When you’re looking to raise capital for an emerging business by selling stock or other securities (i.e., equity financing) to venture capital or angel investors, the value of your business will determine how much stock you have to sell to get the cash you need. The higher the value of your business, the less stock you have to sell to get your business funding.

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 [...]