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The Indiana Venture Capital Tax Credit
Are you raising private capital for your business. If so, you may be able to offer an additional incentive to your investors – a hefty tax credit. The Indiana Venture Capital Tax Credit is a...
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Raising Venture Capital – A Checklist of Documents.
Raising venture capital / private equity requires more than just pitching your idea and business plan to a group of people with money to invest – although your pitch is obviously a crucial component....
View ArticleWeb-Based Startup Funding in 2011
In Guy Kawasaki’s book Reality Check, he outlines his startup costs for a website that he launched back in 2007. This website never quite took off, but it was similar to websites like Digg and Reddit....
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6 Big Mistakes that Startups Make.
There is a great post on Venturebeat.com about 6 common legal mistakes startups make. Some of these have been covered elsewhere on this blog – some not. Here is the cliff notes version- check out the...
View ArticleCommon Mistakes Business Owners Make
While every business is different, business owners share many common traits. As a result, they often make the same mistakes as they work on their business plan. Here is a list of the ten most...
View ArticleMarket Reasearch, An Important Part of Your Plan
When you prepare to vacation in a new city, state, or country, do you set out uninformed about your destination — or do you read a few guidebooks, surf the Internet for advice, or perhaps visit a...
View ArticleOperations: Adding Fuel to Your Ideas to Get Your Business Moving
Running a business is like one long road trip and your business plan is your road map. Staying with the “map” metaphor, the strategy section outlines where you are going and the operations section...
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Raising Venture Capital – How Much Should You Give Up?
From the title of this post, you are probably assuming it refers to the chunk of your company you will be giving up in exchange for an infusion of capital. You would be right – mostly. In addition to...
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Private Placements – A Brief Overview of Raising Capital with a PPM
If you are looking to raise capital for your business, a private offering of securities might be one way for you to consider. Selling securities, whether it be to friends and family or angel investors,...
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Using Social Media to Raise Capital? Bad idea (even it is to buy beer).
If you are raising capital for your startup business through some sort of securities offering (i.e. selling stock, LLC units, notes, bonds…etc…to investors), hopefully you have sought the advice of a...
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