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Ready, Set, Grow: Attract More Cash For Your Business fund-raising Startups Improve the loan approval odds Latoya M. Smith From the Editor's Desk
Jan 15

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Improve the loan approval odds

Ready, Set, Grow: Attract More Cash For Your Business
Getting a business loan from a bank isn’t easy. Nearly half of companies that try fail, according to a 2014 survey by Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and... MORE
  • Latoya M. Smith
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    1Your personal credit score is factored in. 2Use finance software to manage money. 3Apply when revenues are robust, not when struggling.
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Social Fundraising Checklist fund-raising Startups It can be fun and easy Brady Josephson From the Editor's Desk
Jan 12

Fund Raising

Social-Fundraising-Checklist infographic.
It can be fun and easy

Social Fundraising Checklist
Now if you’re like me, you live on checklists. I write things down that I’ve already done just to cross them off again. For all you fellow checklist lovers,... MORE
  • Brady Josephson
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    1Consider donor-experience when selecting software. 2Contests attract engagement and relationships. 3Create and fully utilize a great email list.
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Ask for Advice? Get Funded! fund-raising Startups Good questions open the door From the Editor's Desk
Jan 05

Fund Raising

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Good questions open the door

Ask for Advice? Get Funded!
This paradoxical headline on Forbes.com caught my eye, “Create Investor Demand by Asking for Advice”. Author Ryan Shank, COO of Mhelpdesk, suggests that “a great way to gain the attention... MORE
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    1It's not a "cold" contact if you're genuine. 2After engagement, you'll have a connection with the VC. 3Keep it short and specific to get a positive response.
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Equity crowdfunding takes donating to whole new level for Latinos fund-raising Startups Crowdfunding boon to minority startups Staff Writer From the Editor's Desk
Jan 05

Fund Raising

Hands with dollars in the air.
Crowdfunding boon to minority startups

Equity crowdfunding takes donating to whole new level for Latinos
When crowdfunding first arrived in cyberspace about eight years ago, most people saw it as another incarnation of the popular “Pay It Forward” movement. Ordinary people pledging their own... MORE
  • Staff Writer
  • Estimated reading time: 4 min read

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    1Access to startup capital opens up to new demographic. 2Equity crowdfunding offers investors more than a gift. 3Over 10% of EquityNet crowdfunders are Latino.
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