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Extremely Valuable Tips for Creating a Financial Forecast During the Early Stages of an Entrepreneurial Journey

Up and Running

Creating financial forecasts and budgets are not typically how many entrepreneurs envision spending their time, but these tools are incredibly necessary. An accurate and thoughtful forecast can be time-consuming, but it will help you to make informed decisions regarding staffing and growth, and it will help you attract investors.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

In all these cases, capital is provided to fuel forecasted growth without creating a commitment to a particular vision for future funding rounds, exit goals, and associated blitzscaling. Governance. Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company.

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8 Alternative Funding Options for Small Businesses

Up and Running

A grant is financial assistance awarded by the federal, state, or local government. If you’re pursuing a grant, government and SBA options are likely the most common but difficult routes to go. It encourages lean operations and can help you avoid taking out too much funding early on.

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500 Founders: Thomas Clyma, Tina Chou, DEAN BROWN & Knight Hou

NZ Entrepreneur

“ “Often we can get caught up with the passion that comes with innovation and new ideas, which is extremely important to have, but equally as important, is to ensure you research about market size, growth potential, margins, forecasts and business strategy/plan.

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Attention Entrepreneurs: Walk Before You Run

Up and Running

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. And besides, obtaining early-stage investment is no guarantee of success, either. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious. Surely we can do better?

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless.

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What do investors look for in a business plan?

NZ Entrepreneur

Early stage business investors such as angel investors or venture capital companies are generally only interested in companies with great potential for success and a high return on investment. What do investors want to see in a business plan? This area of a business plan should be worked out very carefully and comprehensively.