Finding Investors For Your Start Up Business Ideas
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Loans, Business Networking, Business plan, Investors, Private Investors, Small Business Bookkeeping, Venture Capital | Comments Off
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There has been a recent wave of websites and TV shows about people starting their own business and following that path from bright idea and individual entrepreneur to small business start-up and then potentially to multinational, depending on the product or service. But what kind of audience are they broadcasting to? Well, [...]
How Do I Obtain Capital To Invest In My Business Start Up
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Business Networking, Business plan, Entrepreneurs, Operating Internationally, Private Equity, Private Investors, Small Business Bookkeeping | Comments Off
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You’ll almost certainly need to raise money to start up your company, unless you already have sufficient capital yourself. The typical costs of starting up are in obtaining premises, manufacturing your product if you have one, buying materials, stock or equipment, marketing and fees for external consultancy such as legal help, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Write a Good Business Plan During a Bad Recession
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Business plan, Investors | Comments Off
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How one writes a business plan in recessionary economy works differently. One needs to approach the business plan from a different perspective. And one must make special efforts to avoid errors that in a good economy one would conveniently get away with.
Fortunately, one can do several simple things to [...]
Business Financial Success Comes With Proper Planning
Posted on January 27, 2009 - Filed Under Business Financial, Business plan, Entrepreneurs | Comments Off
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Unless you happen to be planning to establish a charitable, non-profit organization of some type, the main reason why you may be interested in starting a business is to make a living or build wealth from the endeavor. For many people, the desire to “be your own boss” and escape from the [...]