While 41 percent of private companies in the U.S. are owned by women, only 3to 5 percent receive Venture Capital, the high profile funding often associated with major startups especially in the technology industry. Nick Leiber makes the case for more women partners for Venture Capital firms as one possible remedy
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Women Entrepreneurs Still Face Obstacles Raising Capital
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.businessweek.com 5057 days ago
Made Hot by: BradenM on June 14, 2010 3:34 pm
Raising Capital For Early Exit Companies
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.instigatorblog.com 5065 days ago
Made Hot by: shepherd on June 6, 2010 10:24 pm
When raising capital for your next business venture, think about the shorter term early exit strategy as a possible approach. Ben Yoskovitz explains this strategy involving a lower initial capital investment and an exit by the founder in 3 to 5 as opposed to 7 to 10 years owning a considerably bigger piece of the company. Ben says early exits are more popular with angels and founders than with VCs, who prefer to invest larger amounts over a longer period. Still, Ben adds, the early exit venture offers the opportunity for a founding entrepreneur to get out early with what he calls "life changing money" and the chance for an angel investor to see a rapid and excellent return
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As the use of blogging and social-networking Web sites continues to exponentially increase, so too grows the divide between management and employees.
Facebook is now reportedly the most popular social-networking site in the United States, when considering either monthly unique visitors or total monthly minutes.
And it's not just Generation Y who is online. Even upper-level executives are pa Read More
Facebook is now reportedly the most popular social-networking site in the United States, when considering either monthly unique visitors or total monthly minutes.
And it's not just Generation Y who is online. Even upper-level executives are pa Read More
Using CafePress for Offline Retail Business
Posted by ShawnHessinger under TechnologyFrom http://www.business.com 5258 days ago
You can use CafePress to develop retail business offline as well as on, according to this post from R. Jean Roth in Business.com. Roth says the time to look at starting offline retail is after your designs have already caught on in your online store or perhaps you've gotten questions from customers about where else they can find your creations. R
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Is Your Customer Communication As Clear As Mud?
Posted by m4bmarketing under MarketingFrom http://www.m4bmarketing.com 5369 days ago
Made Hot by: roseanderson on August 6, 2009 12:32 pm
These days a lot of our communication is via other means than face to face or even the telephone. When communicating by email to a customer's question or request, you may think you are communicating clearly but are you really? Have you ever faced the situation where a customer keeps emailing back asking the same question in different ways? There a
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