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Raising Capital? 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Scott Edward Walker

Introduction I’ve been helping entrepreneurs raise capital as a securities lawyer for 17+ years, and there are certain fundamental legal mistakes that I’ve seen entrepreneurs make over and over again. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to share three basic tips for entrepreneurs in connection with raising capital.

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A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Build A Profitable Niche Content Website

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Because many new entrepreneurs want to jump into the game quickly, often wanting to sell what they think is the best thing on earth. To be successful however, you must take your time and conduct the necessary due diligence up-front when selecting a topic or niche.

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

Despite the buzz among entrepreneur communities, various restrictions may make crowdfunding impractical for companies raising money and the intermediaries that facilitate the process. In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

www.mattbartus.com

My question is, can you elaborate on the benefits you see for the entrepreneur in trying to sell this to the investors? My question is, can you elaborate on the benefits you see for the entrepreneur in trying to sell this to the investors? link] Roy Rodenstein. Hi Matt, Interesting technique and makes sense. link] Brad Hargreaves.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

Entrepreneurs often believe their startup company faces legal threats from only external sources. Even so, I believe the negative experience can end up producing a better entrepreneur if he or she applies lessons learned to current and future startups. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

They never worked with startups who needed to put together private placement memos for investors, capitalization tables and all of those things. I’ve done this with lots of founders and we usually glaringly see skills missing like financial management or HR managements or digital marketing or whatever those things are.