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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Deciding to take on some kind of debt is quite common. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the big picture, and then talk through options for funding. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have.

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6 Harsh Truths About Startup Life

YFS Magazine

It's hard to differentiate startup myths from startup reality. Here's a cold hard look at the facts to prepare you for what it takes to start a business.

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5 Business Warning Signs That Signal Ethical Exposure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my years of experience working with entrepreneurs, I strongly believe that most of you start your business with the highest of ideals, but have no idea how many situations you will face that don’t have clear-cut answers, or raise ethical dilemmas. For example, how should you handle a cash flow crisis, where you have to choose between paying a creditor and your employees?

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Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

by Emmanuel de Watteville, co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures. When anyone considers their own option to invest in a growing project or venture, they immediately think of the financial risks that come with such a business endeavor. Investing has always (and will always) come with a long laundry list of liabilities that can deter even the most experienced investors from making a generous contribution to a startup or early-stage company they believe in.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The Startup Magazine recently featured two of the FUND Conference Top 3 Exhibitor winners, Happenstance , and Digs. We’ve saved the best for last. The top startup at this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois was Balodana , a fashion purchasing platform disrupting the women’s e-commerce fashion industry. The event presenter, FUND, is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections.

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10 Ways to Add Value to Your “Thank You” Page

ConversionXL

If you’ve ignored the design and content of your “thank you” page, you’re neglecting: Recent purchasers. New leads. These are some of the highest value segments of an online audience, yet what most sites decide to show them is an afterthought. Whether you’re confirming access to a PDF download or thanking someone for a four-figure purchase, there are ways to add value for users—and get more value for your business.

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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Since 2003, October has been recognized as National Cyber Security Awareness Month in an effort to promote safety and security online. While October has now come and gone, cyber security remains an extremely important topic and will continue as such through the foreseeable future.

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CEO of TaskTop’s Book Introduces Flow Framework to Address Why DevOps/Agile Not Enough

Hearpreneur

Business and IT leaders have been inundated for years with stories of digital disruption and urgency to act. And for the past decade, those who work in IT have been dealing with a frenzying pace of change. Technology platforms, development paradigms, and the vendor landscape have been shifting at a rate that very few organizations have been able to keep up with.

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

Many people have a presumption that it is difficult to start an online business due to lack of money. However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Affordable co-working spaces are expanding across the world and cross-border employment such as freelancing is becoming a norm.

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Austin startup launches ridesharing service between Austin and Houston

Austin Startup

Left to Right: Matt Chasen (Chairman), Tanuj Girish (CTO), Kush Singh (CEO) uShip co-founders Matt Chasen and Jay Manickam used to joke about it when people listed themselves as “shipments” on uShip?—?in fact, it happened so frequently they briefly launched a “People” category on uShip. Well, they aren’t laughing about it anymore… The two are teaming up with former U.T. freshman Kush Singh and Tanuj Girish, who they met while guest lecturing at an undergraduate business school class, to launch a

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Roofing Exec by Day, Firefighter by Night – Joe’s Timely Leadership Lessons

YoungUpstarts

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “ Eddie scaled the catwalk, looked back and heard a loud boom. Out of nowhere, chemicals exploded. Workers scattered. Smoke clouded the first floor. And faster than a sow chews corn the blazing facility lit up the sleeping neighborhood. Local fire professionals trembled at the probability of a second and larger blast.

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Becoming a Great Leader, No Matter What Field You’re In

Duct Tape Marketing

Becoming a Great Leader, No Matter What Field You’re In written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jason Kander. Podcast Transcript. Since recording this interview, Jason Kander announced that he was taking a step back from political life to deal with depression and PTSD symptoms he was experiencing as a result of his tour in Afghanistan.

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How to Survive in a World of Disruption – Innovation in Large Organizations

Steve Blank

The team at Innovation Leader had me over to share some observations on how to survive in a world of disruption in large organizations. It’s worth a listen – here. 5:30: The cultural differences between startups and big companies. 8:30: Not everyone is an innovator. 9:10: Being an ambidextrous organization is the key to survival for a big company. 9:42: Apple stopped changing the world; here’s why. 10:55: The most disruptive companies are driven by founders. 11:30: How to int

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I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

Austin Startup

I love you New England, but Texas is calling me home Why we Moved Back To Texas I love you New England, but Texas is calling me home I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas. As a teenager I moved away from Texas to Chicago to put myself through school and find opportunity outside of South Texas. It was hard to leave home, but it was important for me to seek life outside of home.

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Building A Tech Startup: Avoiding Silicon Valley Mishaps

YoungUpstarts

Every startup faces an initial period of uncertainty and perhaps even public resistance, but the tech field has its own pitfalls that can break a fledgling company before it ever has a chance to find its footing. If you’re looking to bring a product or service to the world that no one has seen before, you’d better make sure you know how to keep it afloat lest a larger company swoop in and carry away all of your hard work.

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8 Steps To Assembling The Most Talented Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. At the same time, more people in the workplace don’t want to be “employees.” According to an Intuit study , that number is quickly rising and will approach 40 percent by 2020.

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So you just raised your seed round, now what?

Version One Ventures

At V1, we have had the privilege to sit on many of our portfolio companies’ boards from (pre-)seed to Series B (and beyond). We have seen these companies grow and go through the different stages in the start-up journey. And over the years, we have observed common patterns emerge at every phase. We actively help each portfolio company manage their changing priorities as they grow.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #8: Bootstrap or VC?

Austin Startup

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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5 Tips For A Traveling Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

by John Lim, founder of Ansel. Over the last 24 months, I’ve had to adapt to live in places with limited connectivity like Patagonia and the Sahara Desert to places made for the digital worker like Seoul, South Korea. In order to run my business, Ansel (a growth agency for brands, non-profits, or individuals who want to make a positive impact on this world), I’ve picked up several tips for success.

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How To Improve Your Competence And Win People Over

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the biggest challenges I have as an advisor to tech entrepreneurs is to convince you that marketing is required for your product, no matter how great it is, just to get it found with today’s information overload. A comparable problem is to get entrepreneurs to market themselves, for the same reason. Your abilities will be lost in the crowd, because competence doesn’t speak for itself.

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What To Do When You Lose Confidence In Your Ability To Lead

YFS Magazine

If you've lost your leadership confidence, today is the day that you start taking back. Here's a look at 6 practical steps to get started.

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

VC Cafe

eSports has become a global phenomenon. While it's growing very quickly, it only represents about 1% of the global gaming market. I this post, my partner Kevin Baxpehler covers the trends in the. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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Five Essential Aspects Of A Brand Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Your brand is not something you can play by ear. It’s an essential element of marketing your business, and making it a success. If you do not have a good brand strategy in place, you can end up in a state of confusion, with a brand that is not truly reflective of what your business represents. A good brand is not just about the logo you choose or how you develop your social media presence.

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UK Property Investment – More Than London

The Startup Magazine

London has long been seen as a great location for property investors from around the world. The capital of England, with its huge population, wealthy residents and thriving industry have made it an ideal location for many prospective property investors, including entrepreneurs. However, in recent years the London property market has been under increasing pressure, with skyrocketing prices and diminishing profit margins from rental yields.

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Dear Entrepreneurs, Don’t Miss The Future

YFS Magazine

Many founders cannot adapt quick enough or see far enough ahead to stay relevant. However, successful entrepreneurs become futurists.

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How Venture Capital Funds Leverage AI and Big Data

VC Cafe

Venture Capitalists invest in tech, but how much tech do they actually USE in running their own business? From sourcing investment opportunities to choosing which ones will take off, I took a look. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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How To Identify And Solve Customer Pain Points With Greater Efficacy

YoungUpstarts

You can’t grow a startup into a successful organization with a selfish or business-centric mindset. In order to truly thrive, you must adopt a customer-centric mentality that addresses customer pain points in a head-on manner. But before you can do this, you have to know what those pain points are. What are Your Customers’ Pain Points? In the most basic sense of the term, a pain point is a specific problem consumers have in one or more area of their lives.

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Ways To Improve Word Of Mouth Marketing Campaigns

The Startup Magazine

Everyone talks about how important word of mouth marketing is for modern businesses. It does not matter how big the company is. Using such marketing is always very important and should be a big part of the way in which products and services are promoted. No matter what you might think right now, word of mouth marketing has numerous advantages. Improving it can help your business grow much faster than what you initially imagined.

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4 Incredible Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read

YFS Magazine

If you’re not in the habit of reading on a regular basis, get started with our short list and experience the difference it makes in your business mindset.

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What is Account Based Marketing? Interview with Steve Watt

ConversionXL

ABM works – when it’s done right. Taking shortcuts can cost you time and money. In this video, Steve covers what account based marketing is and how your marketing and sales teams can close bigger B2B deals faster with an effective ABM program. [This post contains video, click to play]. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel. The post What is Account Based Marketing?

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Dr. Briggs E Cook: 4 Tips For Balancing A Successful Career And Family

YoungUpstarts

Hi, my name is Dr. Briggs E. Cook. I’m a plastic surgeon located in North Carolina, currently serving as the Medical Director of Pure Facial Plastic Surgery and MedSpa. Between work and five kids at home with my wife, Kia, days can be pretty long. Adding to the difficulty is dealing with twins diagnosed with PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Association with Strep).

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When Should A Startup Seriously Consider Hiring Freelancers?

The Startup Magazine

Scaling always seems to be problematic for startups. There are many things that can go wrong and various decisions that have to be made. One of those decisions is whether or not the company should hire a freelancer. Source: Pexels. The problem is that there is no clear answer to the question above. Many things can influence your final decision. Here are some that will surely help you make a better choice but remember that other facts will have to be considered.

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How I Built My Dream Business Debt-Free

YFS Magazine

If you have a dream you want to pursue without the pressure of debt, here are three ways to build your dream business, debt-free.

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Where’s my Personal Wirecutter? I Want a Place To Talk About The Products I Love!

Hunter Walker

I want a place to talk about the products I love in a more persistent fashion than a tweet – my favorite notebook, best coffee, preferred blanket and so on. . I want this place to be the equivalent of Instagram/Medium for Products. What does that mean? Templated to make my creation look beautiful. Mixture of structured information (such as product SKU, etc where appropriate) and free text.

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Holiday Marketing – Tis The Season To Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

by Diana Ennen, President of Virtual Word Publishing and author of “ Virtual Assistant, The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA “ The holidays are here! The holidays are here! Quick run for cover. Or better yet, turn your business into a marketing machine. Me, I think I’ll go for the later. With holiday spending expected to reach 1.1 trillion according to a recent article on CNBC, you can see why it’s important to do.

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Challenges for Entrepreneurs to Finance a Car in Canada

The Startup Magazine

Entrepreneurs in Canada have lots of advantages with its thriving startup ecosystem and government grant support programs. But it’s no secret that having no credit or bad credit can be a huge hindrance in trying to buy a car, especially in Canada. If you’re looking to qualify for a car loan and buy a car in Canada, there are still many options, even if your credit is less than perfect.

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