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Retirement is Dead: Retire in Entrepreneurial Style by Building Wealth Instead of Savings

I’ve accepted it: Retirement is dead. Anyone still working today might never be able to retire. So why are we all putting money into retirement

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May 23, 2018

3 Startup Lessons from Vineyard Vines

It’s a common daydream – leaving your job in the corporate world and striking out on your own. Maybe you want to pull the rip

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January 25, 2018

Crowdfunding Rules: Compare your Options for Equity and Fundraising

Think “Crowdfunding” and you might think of Kickstarter or Indiegogo. Both are good sites, but soon new crowdfunding rules will unlock powerful new options for

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January 8, 2018

5 Terms You Need to Know Before Selling Stock to Angels… or Sharks

If you’re hoping to sell stock to Angel Investors (or Sharks!), be sure you know the law.  The JOBS Act has shifted the landscape a

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September 24, 2014

Top 5 Pet Peeves of Venture Capitalists

can be a tough group to please. Because they hear hundreds of pitches every year, VC learn to sort the best from the B.S. I

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September 8, 2014

Bridge Loans: How Friends Can Get You Cash When Investors Can’t

Whether your business is growing rapidly or just getting started, you need cash.  But negotiating with investors or VC can take a long time – time

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July 2, 2014

Business Plan Wizard: How to Write your Future on One Page

The magic of Harry Potter recently found its way into business strategy and planning.  In fact, author J. K. Rowling gave up one amazing secret

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May 3, 2014

Alternatives to the IPO: Public Market Liquidity for the Small Business

Let’s face it, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) is not in your future.  I’m not trying to be mean, just realistic: an IPO will never

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December 21, 2013

Shark Tank Exposed: ABC’s ‘Shark Investors’ are Unrealistic and Dangerous

Sadly, ABC’s “Shark Tank” is giving private equity investing a bad name. The “Sharks” are not the wise old investors they appear to be, but

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November 4, 2013

Who Is an Accredited Investor? General Advertising in Private Offerings of Securities Brings New Challenges

Recently (July 2013) the SEC finally eliminated the rules against general advertising and solicitation in the offering of private stock. Imagine seeing your company’s stock

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October 25, 2013

Don’t Be Shark Bait: Tell an Investor What Your Company is Worth Now… and Later!

The ABC reality TV show “Shark Tank” is incredible.  Each week, contestants are offered millions of dollars for a piece of their company.  They have

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March 20, 2013

Loan Applications: 4 Things to Never Tell your Banker (by guest blogger Rob Severson)

In my 40-year career I have met with 100’s of business people seeking loans.  It is the fun part of what I do. But I’ve also seen

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November 23, 2012

Crowdfunding Update: What you Need to Know Today to Raise Equity from the Crowd

If you’re looking to raise money for your business or startup, you should start getting ready now to offer stock to the general public under

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June 4, 2012

Saved by a PEG: How Private Equity Groups are Riding to Your Rescue

If these seem like dark days for funding or selling your business, you need a white knight to save the day.  Today, that’s likely to

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June 4, 2012

When You Swim With Sharks, Take Your Calculator

You ought to have your calculator handy when you watch ABC’s Shark Tank, the TV show where wealthy angel investors make on-the-spot investments into small

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April 30, 2012

Negotiating with Angels: When to Rescue a Funding Deal – and When to Walk Away

You’ve been carefully nurturing an equity investor and now he’s threatening to walk away from the deal. Despite an endless number of presentations, term sheets,

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April 12, 2012

3.5 Places Where Angel Investors Hide

You’ve probably heard stories of Angel Investors swooping in to help fund a company.  In today’s tight financial environment, it almost sounds like an urban

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March 6, 2012

2 Websites Every Business Planner Must Know

Whether you’re a launching a new product or a new startup, business planning and funding takes a huge amount of time.  Now you can cut

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February 26, 2012

How to Clip the Wings of an Angel Investor

  I almost don’t want to say it… “Do what you love, and the money will follow.”  You’ve heard it a thousand times, but it

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February 22, 2012

Real Crowdfunding May Soon Be Legal

Many entrepreneurs I know would be living in federal prison if current fundraising laws were strictly enforced.  But funding a small business is about to get

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December 13, 2011

Don’t Even Think About Raising Capital… Without These 5 Answers

If you are looking for a loan or an investor, are you prepared to present a rock solid idea to them?  Whether you are a

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