Archive for Funding
Venture Capital Carnival - Vol. 5
This month I still received a lot of submissions that were not technically within the carnival topic; however, a lot of the submissions were relevant to startup and venture backed companies, so I added a section at the end on general business advice.
Joshua C. Karlin at Marketing & Fundraising Ideas submitted How Not [...]
Business Etiquette - Dinner with Investors
If you have potential investors flying in from another part of the country, you are likely to have them for dinner. Meals can be a pitfall in any relationship, either business or personal. Many people judge your ability to select a restaurant, pick wine, and sit through a meal as a proxy for how you [...]
Venture Capital - Investment Group
When you seek venture capital, depending on the size of the round and the appetite for risk of the investor, you may end up with an investment group rather than a single VC.
During the course of your talks with various VC firms, ask if they would consider being part of an investor group. The conversation [...]
Private Investors and Equity Finance
By Helen Cox
Private investors provide equity finance for business opportunity. They invest money into new and up-and-coming businesses; they have no preference in the industry sector that they invest in as they have a wide range of interests.
Private investors bring money to a business that is needed to move the business forward. As well as [...]
DoD SBIR Solicitation
The DoD SBIR 2008.2 solicitation was pre-released at http://www.dodsbir.net/solicitation on April 21, 2008. The Air Force, Army, Navy, DARPA, DTRA, and OSD invite small businesses to submit proposals under this solicitation. During the pre-release period, which ends on May 18, you may contact the topic authors directly (contact information is listed [...]
