Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 271

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. Pre-Seed Funding 2. Seed Funding 3. The five main stages include the following: 1.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

Venture Capital 163

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 163

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from Jane. QuickBooks and other accounting software programs will do this for your finances, but you should also implement tools for tracking other key metrics (e.g.

Balance Sheet 136

Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Survival or Establishment Stage: Once initial seed capital is drying up and no profit has yet been earned, the challenge for a social enterprise will be to expand the customer base and increase the market penetration while preserving capital. At this point in financing, debt capital is likely to be preferred.

Subordinated Debt 45

Subordinated Debt Seed Capital Equity Finance 45

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Other sources of capital. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. I’m learning how to program. Has anyone found a referral program system that works great to generate new customers? Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44