Helping Entrepreneurs Start Up Since 1996
by Peter 2 Comments
This post is aimed at the entrepreneur on a tight budget who is going to have to go it alone, at least initially, without any outsiders bankrolling his or her venture. (That’s about 95% of us.)
Research conducted into the Inc 500 startups over the years and has identified a theme running through many of them. Let’s take a look at a few.
The Power of Crowdfunding: Mining Companies Now Compete With Startups for Crowdfunding Support
Thanks to the advancements of investing, more and more upstarts are becoming confident enough to launch their new products and services to the world. By getting $5 – $10 from those who can commit, a business that had no way of getting funds from traditional means during the 90s can now get the funding they need through crowdfunding. Usually, getting monetary support from people all over the world via crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo only apply to startups that have no backing from stockholders. However, today, the old mining industry seems to be looking at crowdfunding to get the support they need for operations.
The tides of today’s corporate finance are shifting quickly. Traditional methods for business funding are being morphed and replaced by new and sexy alternatives. But, as often is the case, it’s sometimes best to make new friends and keep the old. Older tried and tested options for raising capital are often still overlooked in the haste to chase the latest small business funding fad. And while the sexiness of financing methods like crowdfunding and crowdlending are receiving a great deal of press at the moment, other alternative financing methods still weigh-in heavily as an option for raising capital for both existing and startup businesses including reverse mergers and direct public offerings (DPOs).
by Peter 2 Comments
At different points in his life John Paul DeJoria was homeless and an East LA gangbanger. Then he he turned his life around and launched John Paul Mitchell Systems with $700 back in 1980.
Here he tells how he did it in detail while being the keynote speaker at the Stanford 2011 Entrepreneurship Conference.
Despite all the media focus on Venture capitalists and super angels, the vast majority of seed and startup capital still comes from what we affectionately call the 3Fs. These are family, friends, and fools (aka dentists).
VCs only provide 0.05% of all startup funding while angels provide 0.91%.
The rest has to come from the 3Fs, personal assets, and creating financing.
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