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Angel Investment

Angel Investors Are Smart People That Want Good Investments

Angel investors are smart people. There are always investors that are going to be willing to finance new businesses. If you’re seeking to acquire real estate may be in your best interest to work with the small business administration rather than seeking an equity investment from a private funding source, [CONTINUE READING]

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Venture Capital

How Can You Receive Venture Capital?

An effective way to receive the venture capital that you need is by selling your business to the venture capital (VC) firms. But of course, you should never approach those venture capitalists empty handed. Keep in mind that VC firms will have to evaluate the viability of your business, first [CONTINUE READING]

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Entrepreneurship

Nursing Entrepreneurship Creates New Opportunities For Nurses

Copyright (c) 2012 Nurse Entrepreneur Network While too many people in most industries are still struggling to find jobs, nursing continues to be one the most in-demand positions. This demand for nurses brings more than job security, it brings opportunities for nursing entrepreneurship to those nurses who are looking for [CONTINUE READING]

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Venture Capital

Venture Capital Concepts, Part 5

What is “Return on Investment” (ROI)? * The profit or loss from an investment expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR). Calculated by dividing profit or loss by total invested. What is “Round of Funding?” * The stage of financing a company is in when receiving funding. For example a [CONTINUE READING]

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Entrepreneurship

The Basics Of Nursing Entrepreneurship

Copyright (c) 2012 Nurse Entrepreneur Network Those certified nurses who are enthusiastic about pushing forward with some nursing entrepreneurship ideas will likely have a lot to be excited about. Because nurses have been through rigorous academic training and have assuredly earned their degrees, they will have much to offer the [CONTINUE READING]

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Venture Capital

Things You Should Know About Biotech Venture Capital

Budding biotechnology companies often face obstacles especially in terms of acquiring capital. This is the same dilemma that businesses aspiring to expand hurdle. During these times of financial difficulty many of these enterprises turn to top venture capital firms to help them with their endeavour. These companies usually do not [CONTINUE READING]

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Entrepreneur

The Four Steps To Become An Entrepreneur

According to Wikipedia, “An entrepreneur is a person who undertakes and operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. In the context of the creation of for”profit enterprises, entrepreneur is often synonymous with founder.” Let’s see if we can break this definition down into [CONTINUE READING]

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Venture Capital

How to Find Reliable Venture Capital Partners through a Placement Agent

One of the decisions a company must consider while fund raising from potential venture capital partners is to look for a good standing placement agent. This is in order for a company not to spend too much of its own time seeking for seed capital, mezzanine capital, or growth capital [CONTINUE READING]

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Angel Investment

What Angel Investors Want to See in an Investment

Angel investors typically want to see a very strong return on their investment when they are looking at a prospective business. Generally, you can anticipate that your funding source is going to want to receive a 20% to 30% annualized return on their small business investment. As such, you should [CONTINUE READING]

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Angel Investment

Differences Between Venture Capital and Angel Investors

Venture capital firms are different from angel investors in that they have raised capital from a number of high net worth individuals with the intent to make investments on their behalf into promising start up companies and expanding businesses so that they can ultimately take the business public via an [CONTINUE READING]