Welcome! If you’ve landed here, chances are you are a founder looking to raise capital, a business owner interested in maximizing your businesses potential, or maybe just someone interested in learning more about business financing. Consider this site your guide to the wonderful world of startups and venture capital. As your guides, let’s start with …
Bootstrapping your business is at the heart of avoiding the VC trap. Every business needs money: Employees need to be paid, you need computers and supplies, raw materials need to be purchased, or maybe you just need an income while you are getting things started. As you grow your company the financial demands don’t go …
Portfolio math for a venture capitalist is pretty simple. Assume a VC has $10 million to invest and they are aiming for a 20% return: But that assumes that money is returned immediately. Realistically, those returns are happening 5-10 years after the money is invested. If you return 20% over 5 years, that is a …
Everyone knows the good venture capital stories. The Google’s, the Uber’s, the Facebook’s. These are the stories the media loves. What people don’t hear are the thousands of failures left in the wake of VC money. While venture capital can provide essential funding and support for startups, “horror stories” abound. Forget the horror stories you …
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