Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Obstacles and Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur .

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

From Filmmaker to Entrepreneur: A Unique Path Unfolds Jeshua’s journey kicked off in Singapore, where he defied the norms of traditional education, dropping out of a top Junior college at 17 with nothing more than a PSLE certificate (primary school education).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2021

Below, you will learn about the importance of raising capital, and how it plays a vital role in the success of your startup. You will also discover five of the best and most reliable ways to raise capital for your business. Raising capital for your new business. Five ways to raise capital for your new business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Investor relations: For startups seeking venture capital, solid financial forecasting provides a realistic picture of critical metrics, such as annual recurring revenue, customer acquisition costs, and customer annual recurring revenue. . For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s an issue every entrepreneur and new business must face: raising capital for your business. While capital can come in many forms — debt or equity, private or institutional — this article focuses on raising equity capital. It is not intended to provide any legal advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2017

By William Lieberman, member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization New York and founder and CEO of The CEO’s Right Hand, Inc. In the first part of this blog , William shared how to assess your needs for capital and explains potential sources for raising it. Uses of Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. To be clear, Sanlo is not an investor that’s taking an equity stake in the apps and games it finances. as an Entrepreneur in Residence. Image Credits: Sanlo.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 3, 2022

If you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur mixing personal and business finances to support your business, you’re not alone. Mixing personal and business finances in the long run may do more harm than good. Not only will this help your business’ credit score, but it also avoids risking your own in the process.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. It’s hard to find actionable, proven advice for scaling startups. Dear Sophie: Any advice for getting media coverage for my startup?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Thomson One.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

As the e-commerce industry continues to boom and work from home remains a trend amongst the corporate sector, more entrepreneurs are using their funds to create new digital startups in a number of niches. This is where venture capital comes into play. What is venture capital and how do you get it? Developing new products .

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

Register Joseph Lee has a strong track record in the finance industry throughout his career to date. Together with the rest of the Kairous investment team, the firm has collected more than 80 years of investment experience within the private equity and venture capital space across Greater China and the Southeast Asia (SEA) region.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

What separates the entrepreneurs who make it from those who don’t? These successful business founders and Advisors in The Oracles share the most common mistakes they see from aspiring entrepreneurs and explain how to overcome those mistakes. They believe everyone’s advice. They ignore their finances.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’m not saying I’m not investing – just that I’m generally aware that the market does drive venture capital fundings and I’m very interested to see how September plays out. It will make follow-on financings much harder and people will have to consider whether or not to do inside rounds.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Being a female entrepreneur is looking better each and every day. The number one challenge women face is a significant disadvantage in securing access to venture capital funding compared to their male peers. of all venture capital in the US went to companies founded solely by women. In 2017, just 2.2% In 2017, just 2.2%

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Seek investor advice to strengthen your business model. Beyond capital, you want backers who grasp your vision and can provide strategic guidance.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2017

By William Lieberman, member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization New York and founder and CEO of The CEO’s Right Hand, Inc. In the first part of this blog, William shares how to assess your needs for capital and explains potential sources for raising it. The need for capital never ends. How much capital would you need?

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

or incorporated here to raise capital. Here I’ve broken down the process for international entrepreneurs looking for U.S. If you’re a US-based entrepreneur, everything after step 2 can also be applied to you. It was a really big market, but it was difficult for us to raise capital because it wasn't perceived as one.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now! Ask them for advice.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Many would-be entrepreneurs never start because they’re waiting for the perfect idea or don’t have enough disposable capital to break out of the rat race. These accomplished entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share how to start with $100. That’s how you start building your capital. Buy and flip. a $100 investment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. Historically, the main actors in venture capital have been a specialized set of tech investors who themselves came from the technology industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. Not that they’re “such a bad idea&# but more that there are inherent problems for entrepreneurs in the process of raising angel money that need to be addressed.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. She found non-traditional financing. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. More on that later.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). Why the latter?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, and you’ve struggled at any point with mastering a new business management skill, you’re not alone. Finance and accounting was the most common area of concern (39%), followed by IT and technology (31%), digital marketing (20%), and business planning and strategy (25%).

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Forward Cities

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

As we engaged with entrepreneurs from the three pre-selected focus neighborhoods at an Entrepreneur Assembly event in May 2019 and via a survey of entrepreneurs, we learned about the need for additional, short-term financing in June and July.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. The list goes on.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category. Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. Are you still closing deals at the same velocity?

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Founder Bounty

JANUARY 1, 2023

So that you know we are legit our author of this article has his biography to show he has build and raised capital and been through top tier accelerators and is trying to help show steps from years of trying failing and building businesses and finally building europes first ondemand fuel business and lot of capital for it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Are you raising an appropriate amount of capital relative to your progress, relative to your team size and relative to your needs? VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. Cash In Cash in.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Serial entrepreneur Brian Requarth learned his lesson the hard way. When he sold Brazilian online real estate marketplace VivaReal for $550 million several years ago, he had to pay more than $100 million in capital gains taxes due to incorporation errors made early on. If entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

When looking at personal financing apps and resources, Dr. Decker recommends exploring which apps are available and might best fit your needs. What is your advice for a beginner investor? He also recommends utilizing tools like mobile apps, such as Personal Capital, which is a great free resource for investing.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 16, 2023

In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Mun warns against investing in the business rather than the people and advises entrepreneurs to be realistic in their funding requests. I spent the first seven years of my career in corporate finance and advisory, helping entrepreneurs in either raising capital (through IPO) or growth through M&A.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. We also recommend, at a minimum, learn the basics of coding.

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