article thumbnail

30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. 8- Describes what we do.

Naming 150
article thumbnail

[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange.

Partner 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

They are more than happy to sell you alternative brand of shoes that match your suit, or suggest a premium appliance from another manufacturer, once you have selected the lowest cost refrigerator. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know. Integrate for new or critical mass.

article thumbnail

Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

They are more than happy to sell you alternative brand of shoes that match your suit, or suggest a premium appliance from another manufacturer, once you have selected the lowest cost refrigerator. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know. Integrate for new or critical mass.

Partner 225
article thumbnail

How to Overcome Your SPAC’s Biggest Challenges

The Startup Magazine

As a special purpose acquisition company, you can sidestep all the trappings that go with the usual initial public offering, but this shakeup introduces a totally new set of snags that can complicate your merger. But the initial uncertainty of your reverse merger isn’t your only difficulty. Challenge No.

article thumbnail

How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

One group of angels was interested in investing up to $500,000 in our company, and another was willing to match those funds if the first group invested. Have they worked with companies who have raised multiple rounds of financing to start or grow? We were targeting to raise around $3 million in investment capital. We were on a roll.

article thumbnail

Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies.