Archive for Archive for April, 2008
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 [...]
Accounting for Government Contracts
If you are planning to have the U.S. Government as a client, you will need to have your accounting systems set up so you can handle their accounting requirements. Regardless of whether you are engaging in a plain vanilla contract or an SBIR grant, you will be required to negotiate fringe benefit rates, overhead rates, [...]
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 [...]
Deck Design
In my spare time, I am having a deck built. The Trex site has a cool deck designer that you can use to build your deck. It allows you to put in the dimensions, different shapes, steps, railings and then receive a print out with all the specs at the end. I am having a [...]
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 [...]
