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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 the new law called Jumpstart our Business Startups, or JOBS Act. Title III of the JOBS Act allows private businesses — even startups — to raise money from the general public for the [...]

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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 savings accounts? Between IRAs, ROTHs, 401(k)s, SIMPLEs, SEPs and SOLOs, there’s no shortage of ways to save for a day that may never arrive. And yet Morningstar reports that the [...]

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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 businesses. Last night a middle-aged company owner was offered 3 deals in rapid succession. For me, this was a simple math problem: Which offer gave the owner the best valuation? [...]

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Top 5 Pet Peeves of Venture Capitalists

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 had a chance to discuss this topic with Mr. Ed Goodman, General Partner and Co-Founder of Milestone Venture Partners in New York City. During his VC career, Ed [...]

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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 weeks – or maybe even months – off of the business planning and fundraising process of your new business idea. Before you do anything else, get to know these 2 [...]

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Quit Your Job Now – While You Still Can

A Harvard Business Review article (and podcast) called “The High Intensity Entrepreneur” makes this shocking claim: “To be successful, entrepreneurs should wait until they are in their 30′s before launching a business.” I almost dropped my iPod when I heard this. The article actually quotes a study that says most highly successful entrepreneurs worked for [...]

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Don’t Let Investors Boss You Around

You love being your own boss, but will investors in your company let you keep that job? Taking venture capital – or even just a few thousand dollars from angels – often comes with strings attached. Be ready for investors to ask for a seat on your board of directors – even if you don’t [...]

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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 a lot safer and easier for business owners. Prez Obama endorsed two new crowdfunding bills (not yet law) that would end “the red tape that prevents many rapidly growing startup [...]

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Seed Funding: Raise $1 Million in 173 Easy Steps

Every entrepreneur wants more money to start their business. Knowing how to raise startup money has been a secret art. Now there’s a great road map to seed funding thanks to a guy named Brendan Baker and a young-ish company called AppMakr. AppMakr figured they needed just $1 million seed funding to really ramp their [...]

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The big piece of paper that changed my business forever

People say that writing things down creates a certain kind of magic. It must be true. Some of the most powerful magic I’ve ever seen came from a 24″ x 36″ piece of paper and a colored marker that became my business dashboard. After I created a business dashboard, nothing was ever the same. [...]

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The Danger with Angels: Investors Who Want Too Much

Everyone wants to use Angel capital in their business. Taking money from individual investors is a great way to fund rapid growth. But beware… angel capital has a dark side too! In fact, I’ve seen company founders kicked out of their own company by an angle investor. Anything can happen. Like Getting Married When you’re [...]

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Taking my own advice

You read this blog because you need solutions to tough problems. We tackle issues like finding angel investors, improving profitability, and setting growth strategy. And sometimes we even discuss brands and marketing… So you might have been surprised that this blog never had a name. But a recent shout-out by Intuit, naming me to a [...]

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The Internet is Making You Stoopid

While most Americans were surfing funny pet videos on YouTube last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Internet is making us stupid and killing the kind of creativity that entrepreneurs need. But surprise! It’s not YouTube or LOLcats that is squashing entrepreneurship. In fact, just the opposite. Here’s the quote: “…while the Web [...]

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Business Plan Magic: Shrink a Harry Potter Novel to a Single 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 to her creative genius that every entrepreneur would do well to learn. No, she did not conjure her 3,407 page chronology using black magic, a wand or a potion. In [...]

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Entrepreneurship: Now Available at Your Local University

I’m thrilled that “entrepreneurship” is now a major you can study in school. In fact, you can get a master’s degree in entrepreneurship. College is a time for focused, intense learning no matter what subject you pick. Same holds for business majors and entrepreneurs as it does for doctors and lawyers. Dilbert creator Scott [...]

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Startup

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

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

When You Swim With Sharks, Take Your Calculator

Top 5 Pet Peeves of Venture Capitalists

2 Websites Every Business Planner Must Know

Quit Your Job Now – While You Still Can

Don’t Let Investors Boss You Around

Real Crowdfunding May Soon Be Legal

Seed Funding: Raise $1 Million in 173 Easy Steps

The big piece of paper that changed my business forever

The Danger with Angels: Investors Who Want Too Much

Taking my own advice

The Internet is Making You Stoopid

Business Plan Magic: Shrink a Harry Potter Novel to a Single Page

Entrepreneurship: Now Available at Your Local University

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