Your plan for financing a new business depends largely upon the type of company you create. Plenty of people start a business and spend no time raising money. In fact, most small businesses are not capital intensive.
The popularity of flash sale sites continues to grow and Fab.com entered the market in the summer of 2011 with $8,000,000 of funds from venture capital firms and angel investors.
Raise your hand if you’re tired of banks and their fees. There’s a fee for everything. There’s a fee to use an ATM, there’s a fee to deposit cash in to the bank and some banks are now considering a fee for those who want to keep cash in their bank account. If you’re close […]
Some sensible entrepreneurs know that a slow growth economy is the best time to launch a new business. Dan Leahy is only 25 years old but decided there’s no time like the present to start a new corporation.
All of the financial writers of the world may have some questions to answer after the results of a study were released. According to Barbara Bird, associate professor of management at American University’s Kogod School of Business, even more important than a solid business plan, an entrepreneur needs to dive in, make quick decisions, learn from […]
It may be a fad, but it’s attracting investor capital. Making ordinary commercial websites look like online games is called “gamification.” Badgeville has raised $12,000,000 to become a leader in adding game-like features to non-game applications. This is a second round of funding following $3,000,000 the company raised last year.
The problem is simple: There aren’t enough people who have dreams of being an entrepreneur and according to those in the know, the days may be gone where young people take the traditional route of going to college, graduating, and working for a big company. The problem is that big companies don’t tend to grow […]
Individuals with an entrepreneurial bent are ready to leave behind the stresses of relying solely upon continued paychecks from struggling employers. If you fit this mold, you don’t need to spend a lot of money or obtain years of training. A simple home-based business takes advantage of a basic skill you’ve developed to provide a […]