fm Entrepreneur.com 30 June 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Entrepreneurship is a capitalist game. The rich find it easier to fund and operate their startup, as compared to those who are not as lucky. Having trouble finding investors, is the last excuse an aspiring entrepreneur has for giving up on …
edited by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz & Organizer, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Meetup 9/15 Ralph Patterson – who recently retired from Funding Start-ups – gave this talk at Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Meetup on 9/10/15. KEY FACTORS 1. Crowdfunding has exploded in last few years both in number of Crowdfunding web sites, and in …
Self-sufficient, highly educated, and willing to forgo a salary (for years) are just a few of the traits of this year’s crop of Inc. Magazine’s 500 Founders. fm Inc.com Zine 9/15 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Why? 51 % of Inc. 500 CEOs said they chose entrepreneurship, because it suits their …
from US News.com 17 Jan 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz You might have ended up here for one of three reasons: 1) You don’t know what an elevator pitch is but know you need one, 2) you have an elevator pitch that needs some work or 3) you tried an …
from Entrepreneur Zine 05 June 14 enhancedby Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Here are the top lessons I learned in my first year of running my new startup. After a year, I’m more ready to admit how little I know. I hope that some of what I’ve learned so far, can help you: …
from Money Crashers.com 14 June 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz What can you learn? On ABC TV’s “Shark Tank,” five extremely successful millionaires & billionaires – the “sharks” – hear pitches from business owners and occasionally vie with each other to invest. If the business owners play their cards right, …
Forbes Magazine 31 Oct 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Why Funding Startups is important. Entrepreneurs are full of great ideas and powerful ways to implement them, but like anything in life, starting a new Business requires a hefty stack of cold, hard cash. At one time, gathering this cash required …
All about the Way – WePay vs ApplePay & PayPal from SJ Mercury News 15 Nov 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz WePay Co-Founder Bill Clerico came up with the idea for online payment processor WePay when he was a 21-year-old graduate from Boston College. The concept looked so promising that …
from BridgeSpan.org 10/14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Endeavor Global, a non-profit, founded 1997 by Linda Rottenberg/CEO, that seeks to transform emerging countries by supporting “high-impact” entrepreneurs. Endeavor [HQ, NYC] has 15 affiliates throughout Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, & Southeast Asia. The 600 Endeavor Entrepreneurs selected to date, screened …
from Linked IN’s Silicon Valley Entrepreneur & Startup Group 9/12/14 Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs, If you have a great startup or know someone else with a one, who wants to get funding, you should apply for F50’s program immediately, partly because of no equity charge for startups. F50 ups to $5M. …
from iPlanner.net 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 9/14 Company-Specific Risks continued 1. Manufacturing. In some businesses – such as manufacturing – there are high fixed costs because of the large investments in equipment & facilities. Companies with high fixed costs achieve profitability only after the volume of business builds to …
Historical Entrepreneurs that have most Influenced the World from Income Diaries.com 6/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/14 #3 Bill Gates, MicroSoft continued. Many people call Bill Gates a college drop-out, or that he failed college, this simply is not true at all; it was a decision he made himself, he …
. . . a Brief & Powerful Guide to make the most out of Crowd-Funding from Every Note.com 27 May 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Here is what all Crowd-Funding contenders should know before launching their campaign. 1. GREED – It’s not just about the money! Crowd-funding gives you the …
by Ash Maurya, Founder of Spark59.com & Author of “Running Lean” 3/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 6/14 At every stage of the startup, there are a set of actions that are “right” for the startup – they maximize return on time, money, & effort. A lean/ bootstrapped entrepreneur ignores all …
A talk by Ralph Patterson, BAE Workshop at Entrepreneur Meetup 08 May 14 • On-line CFs: Angel.com (Angel List) & Caplinked [Both are loose communities of accredited investors & entrepreneurs] + Funders Club & Equity Net • Super Angels / Micro VCs: Mainly ex-entrepreneurs, who got bought out & Invest …
from Experian (1 of 3 Credit Reporting Bureaus) 24 Feb 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz [ Note: Experian has a good side – their Business Info Services ] What is Crowd-Funding? What makes your new business crowd-fund-able? What benefits does it offer, compared to conventional capital sources? Is crowd-funding right …
compiled by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 1/14 You probably don’t have enough $$ to fund yourself, so you need to get outside sources – Angels, VCs, Banks. Who ever you talk to, may ask some or all of these Questions. Q1. What’s your Credit History? Don’t expect $$, if you have Creditors …
from Gust.com 17 Dec 13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Insider tips for “pitching” Investors and ways to increase their chances of getting Funded. 1st Invest in your own company, to show you have some “skin in it”. That you passionately believe in what you are doing. You know your business …
From Forbes Magazine 3/10 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 7/13 If you think you only need a Business Plan to go “fishing” for capital, you are sorely mistaken. A Business Plan –thoughtfully assembled & diligently updated– is the very Blueprint for any company. It sets direction, facilitates communication & establishes performance …
from INC magazine 9/10 enhanced by Peter/ CXO Wiz4biz 8/13 (an Exec Sumry expert) The First Paragraph. Just like a movie might begin with a fight scene or a magazine article opens with a funny anecdote, you’ll need a strong “hook” for your Executive Summary. The most important part is …
“Make sure you know how to answer some of the toughest questions VCs will throw at you or you’ll wind up feeling very embarassed & rejected”. From Alley Watch.com 05/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Do You Know (Competitor)? Why Not?“ Anytime a VC throws out the name of a potential …