Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Importance of Your Founding Team
One of the largest and most critical mistakes that we see companies make when seeking investment capital is the reluctance to talk about the...
Bandwagon Metrics: The Death of the Standard KPI
A key performance indicator is a formula that may be applied to companies in order to analyze some dimension towards achieving business objectives. In...
The Value of Strategic Investors
Just as all friends and business associates are not the same, the relationship that you have with investors will vary considerably. Some investors are...
Reasons Your Fundraising Campaign is Fruitless
If you are an entrepreneur looking to raise capital with your business plan and experiencing resistance, you should know why. There are few excuses...
Creating Winning Infographics
If there is one thing that we have noticed from managing our social media pages, it is that people love Infographics. A one page...
DIY Legal: To be or not to be
There are many websites tailored towards providing people with software to perform their own legal services. Companies that need a quick draft of a...
The Logic of Burn Rate
Entrepreneurs seeking capital might have been asked how much money they have spent in order to arrive at their current stage. The motivation of...
XL Group launches new Insurance Focused Venture Capital Fund
FinTech startups seeking venture capital may now have a new channel for potential funding. XL Group, an Ireland based global insurance and reinsurance company...
Increasing VC & PE Investment in Africa
For the past few decades, central African countries have only been associated with grant money. With a substantial growth in private investment and growing...
Twitter’s New Venture Capital Fund
The controversial business model of Twitter has taken another tailspin for its investors, now beginning to provide seed money for other companies with its...