Start-ups – If Your Goal is Investment Or Acquisition by a Big Company You Are Patenting Wrong
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Business Enterprises, Business Loans, Business Networking, Business plan, Entrepreneurs, International Business Plan, International Company, International Investors, Investors | Comments Off
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Do you treat your patents as a fence or a tollbooth? If you wish for your start-up technology company to obtain investment from or acquisition by a bigger player, you had better understand the difference.
Most start-up technology company entrepreneurs and CEO’s understand that patents can be key to establishing the value [...]
Differentiating Between Recession and Expansion Using Income Levels Approach
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Business Enterprises, Business Loans, Entrepreneurs, Private Equity, Small Business Bookkeeping, Venture Capital | Comments Off
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Recession is often defined as a state of the economy when the gross domestic product is very low. There is a need for income earners to be able to tell the difference between recession and expansion by watching the levels of their personal incomes. Some widely-embraced market indicators are very deceiving.
Sometimes you [...]
The Economic Meltdown You Are Not Hearing About
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Networking, Business plan, Entrepreneurs, International Investors, Investors, Operating Internationally, Private Equity, Private Investors | Comments Off
photo credit: A. www.viajar24h.comThe number one issue on the plate for nearly everyone is the economic meltdown that occurred in 2008 and is carrying through to 2009. Although we here bad news in the media, most don’t describe the really ugly things occurring.
The Banks
2008 was a bad year for banks. Given what you hear [...]
Obtaining Venture Capital For Business Startup
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Entrepreneurs, International Business Development, International Business Plan, International Home Based Business, International Investors, Private Equity, Private Investors, Small Business Bookkeeping, Venture Capital | 1 Comment
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If you are an inventor or an entrepreneur, obtaining venture capital funding is most likely a major concern for you and your business. During the dot com boom, venture capitalists were fueling the growth, research, and ventures of many new companies. Now that the dot com boom has cooled, those worried [...]
How Venture Leasing Added Millions To A Startup’s Equity Value
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Business Enterprises, Business Loans, Business Networking | Comments Off
photo credit: Kenn!Craig Berman beamed noticeably after completing his board presentation. Berman, CEO of a startup that develops nanotechnology applications for the defense industry, had just closed a $ 20 million equity round. Berman finalized the round at an equity valuation that made the whole board blush. Only six months earlier, Berman’s team faced [...]
Read More..>>Will The Sub-Prime Debacle Derail Venture Lending?
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Business Enterprises, Business Loans, Venture Capital | Comments Off
photo credit: liqueneThe unraveling sub-prime mortgage market has spewed its wreckage across a vast cross section of the financial markets. Investors and lenders continue to smart from massive losses on investments and loans tied to this market. As some scramble to assess the implications of the sub-prime meltdown, many investors and lenders have either [...]
Read More..>>Making Your Business a Success in a Down Economy
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Entrepreneurs, Private Investors | Comments Off
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The first thing many businesses do during a down economy is to cut their marketing budget. While cutting back makes sense in some areas of a business, cutting the funding for marketing services is often a mistake. A business always needs to work toward increasing its visibility to customers, especially in a [...]
Private Lending Money – Tips on Marketing Your Private Lending Credibility Kit
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Private Investors | Comments Off
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As a real estate investor, you know how important an effective private lending credibility kit is to the success of your business, especially if you are just starting out. Instead of being at the mercy of conventional lending institutions to approve your loan, a private lending credibility kit will set you [...]
Beat the Bad Economy With a Home Based Business
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Entrepreneurs | Comments Off
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More and more people are getting involved with home based businesses as a way of supplementing their income in a bad economy. With the internet opening the market for anybody, anywhere, to offer up a product or service for sale, a home based business has the potential to be very successful. [...]
Survival Tips For an Economic Depression
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Investors, Private Investors | Comments Off
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t is not the end. Dark clouds of recession are certainly hovering around the financial horizon. The economic indicators point towards a downtrend in business, which means problems for real estate investors, businesses and job seekers. Gas prices have hit an all time high. It is certainly time to prepare [...]
