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How Gold Investment Saved My Small Business

YoungUpstarts

To take one example, equity markets look ‘priced to perfection’, after a miraculous rebound from significant sell-offs in March and April after the initial economic shock of Covid-19. Others simply distribute profits to shareholders; an unwise short-term approach given the number of risks on the horizon.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Here are tips to recognize and short-circuit seven behaviors that are sure to jeopardize your equity funding later on. How else can you define a sales process or know what to look for when you hire a sales manager or seek distribution partnerships? It’s hard enough to start a company without self-inflicted pain. Get a different job.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. Based in the United Kingdom, UpinSales focuses solely on connecting companies with agents. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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A Guide to Funding a Business in the U.K.

Up and Running

Generally, these grants will be funded by either the British government or the European Union, but the distribution mechanisms tend to be very local in their scope. Some platforms specialize in P2P scenarios that allow for investors to acquire equity in a given business, while others are based around the provision of loans by third parties.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. Mr. Berk graduated from Emory University and began his career trading equities (not tools or electronics).

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