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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. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing. Venture capital.

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Do I need a PPM for my startup’s financing?

Austin Startup

Most tech startups never prepare one. PPM stands for “Private Placement Memorandum.” You can think of it as the private company equivalent of an S-1 , the long disclosure document that companies produce when going IPO. In dense startup ecosystems, PPMs are rare. TL;DR : Legally speaking, probably not.

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Convertible Note Seed Financings: Founders Beware!

Scott Edward Walker

This post is the third part of a three-part primer on convertible note seed financings. Part 1, entitled “ Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask) ,” addressed the basics. Part 2, entitled “ Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders ,” addressed the economics.

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Perk.com Raises $20 million and Begins Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange

SiliconHills

” The startup, which creates a rewards platform for users online, also raised about $20.2 million in a private placement financing as part of a qualifying transaction. Canaccord Genuity Corp.

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Why Finders Are Losers

The Startup Lawyer

Whenever a startup considers paying a “finder&# for successful investor introductions, I have the same type of conversation with the founders that goes something like this: – Startup : “Finder&# knows a lot of investors and he’ll introduce us if we pay him [6]% of all capital raised through the introductions.

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

thestartuplawyer.com

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Using warrants to pump up your VC valuation

www.mattbartus.com

Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. I just worked on a financing for a company that received a term sheet from a group of VCs at a $7 million pre-money valuation. 25 comments since March 31, 2010 Five questions that startups should ask a pro.

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