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Business Finance and choosing the right

Free Money Online Site Blog | December 24th 2009 by Mizanur Rahman

One of the main reasons new businesses can not be exercised due to lack of financial resources for the company going. Many people do not know how to open and run a business actually costs. If you do not seek corporate funding of research and not pay read more

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How to Beat the Odds on Business Angel Investment

iBusinessAngel | December 5th 2009 by MediaModo

Beating the Business Angel Investment Odds? We are living in risk-averse times but “Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless” according to Warren Buffet. But when does courage cross the line into gambling territory? Or to put it anothe read more

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Getting more out of your Board of Directors

iBusinessAngel | November 23rd 2009 by MediaModo

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com www.Dr-Smith.com With many companies – particularly early-stage ones – the Board of Directors is seen as little more than a legal necessity. But it can be so much more including an important force for read more

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What are Business Angels really like?

iBusinessAngel | November 20th 2009 by MediaModo

Crazy Risk Taking Business Angels? Business Angels come in different shapes and sizes. But are they really like? Crazy? Successful? Generous or in it for the money? That is a question that not only entrepreneurs ask themselves, but also the Business read more

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Green Business Equals Danger for Greenhorns?

iBusinessAngel | November 12th 2009 by MediaModo

Is the Iceberg Melting? I am not suggesting for a moment that all Green businesses are bad investments, but I am suggesting that whenever a bubble appears or to there is much enthusiasm for an idea, that a number of the businesses ideas sold to unq read more

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85% of Businesses are Rubbish – Alan Sugar

Rags to Wreckages to Riches | November 11th 2009 by MediaModo

Alan Sugar Alan Sugar, a UK entrepreneur with more than his fair share of grey hair, stoked controversy by stating that 85% of UK businesses that failed to receive bank finance had nothing to complain about. Amid the controversy of whether he actual read more

Startups wanted

designblog by chris hartmann | October 29th 2009

In der nächsten Zeit plane ich einige Artikel über die heimische Internet-Gründerszene. Informationen über die Gründung eines Startups, Interviews mit Gründern und Porträts einzelner Startups liegen in meinem Fokus. Mich interessieren vor alle read more

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How should Entrepreneurs and Investors cope with a Second Recessi…

iBusinessAngel | October 20th 2009 by MediaModo

Pounds and Pence In the first recession investors wanted business plans that offered new simplified services or goods that make things work better (ie. increase efficiency – such as self-service on the web for better prices) or that reduce cos read more

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Rags to Wreckages to Riches to Publication – due in 2010

Rags to Wreckages to Riches | October 1st 2009 by MediaModo

Real Life Business Strategy and Parables for Entrepreneurs: Why Many Great Sounding Businesses Ideas Don’t Make Money – and – The Rock that Wouldn’t Budge Why Brittle Businesses Break – and – How Glass was Cursed read more

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What are you investing in?

iBusinessAngel | September 30th 2009 by MediaModo

Where are your Dollars Going? The biggest question for angel investors – and hardest to answer question – is ‘what am I investing in’? However, if we ask the question another way, it does become easier. If we take the approach read more

Business Plan help: writing the executive summary

viva small business - by ben botes | September 23rd 2009

Today, with many organisations, especially those with much at stake preferring to opt for professional business plan consulting firms for business plan help, the art of writing a good executive summary for a business plan has largely been lost. With read more

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What makes a successful Business Angel Investment?

iBusinessAngel | August 3rd 2009 by MediaModo

56% of ventures invested in by angel investors will fail, according to recent research by Nesta.. However, as Nesta warns, the figure could be even higher as their statistical sample was taken from angel investors who have remained active over a numb read more

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How to Build a Top Level Founding Team For Your Start-Up Business

Entrepreneurs community | July 20th 2009 by Robert

You hear a lot that investors are looking for a high-quality team to invest in. That VCs and Business Angels invest primarily in people. This is true, but the question is, how can you put together such a team? There are two options. Let’s look read more

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What Are Business Angels, How Can They Help Me?

Affordable Web Hosting Information | July 20th 2009 by Sunarno

A business angel is a person who themselves have set-up their own business in the past and now have the finance and motivation to help other people do the same by them providing some finance backing to help a company that is struggling but has potent read more

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Venture Capital’s 70% drop creates Business Angel Opportunity

iBusinessAngel | July 17th 2009 by MediaModo

“Venture Capital funds available for start-up and growth businesses has dropped 70% since 2000″, said Anne Glover chief executive of Amadeus Capital Partners at the BBAA Annual Awards Dinner. This means that businesses seeking new capital read more

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Business Angels need training!

iBusinessAngel | July 14th 2009 by MediaModo

Business Angels need training – that was the overwhelming message coming from the British Business Angels Association annual conference held at the Belfry in early July. Quoting new research from Nesta, Mogwenna Rees-Mogg stated that a ‘5 read more

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British Business Angels meet at the Belfry today

iBusinessAngel | July 8th 2009 by MediaModo

The BBAA (British Business Angels Association) trade body is today organising its annual awards ceremony and conference at the Belfry. The event is sponsored by Advantage West Midlands, the redevelopment agency for the West Midlands. It will include read more

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LLP or Ltd ? This is the question!

iBusinessAngel | June 30th 2009 by MediaModo

Should a Business Angel look to invest in a LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) or a Limited Company? Often, entrepreneurs will have both LLPs and LTDs for their different businesses. To answer the question of which is better we need to ask: Will the read more

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Debt vs Equity Investing

iBusinessAngel | June 17th 2009 by MediaModo

The FT neatly describes the difference between Debt and Equity when it argues today, that the tax treatment should be the same for both. Of course, the fact that it is not has led investors to structure their deals to take advantage of the differenc read more