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Whatever stage your business is in when you launch your fundraising efforts, you can find the investor support that you’re looking for. Now that you’ve determined the fundraise structure that matches your needs and goals, it’s all about finding the investors that make sense.

A comprehensive guide to Sole Proprietorships, what they are, how to form one step-by-step, advantages and disadvantages, as well as examples, comparisons to other business types, and some FAQs.

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide - complete with real examples - on writing a business plan with just the right amount of panache to catch an investor's attention and serve as a guiding star for your business.

For many, coming up with an innovative idea leads to a desire to do something with it — and in the absence of knowing how to commercialize a great idea, many people jump to the conclusion that it can simply be sold to a big company. Then they worry that the big company will simply take their idea, and leave them in the dust. It’s a great story — it just tends to be a tale of fiction, on many levels.

Equity is the value of a company's stock, which you earn as a percentage of the company’s profits (or losses). So, how much should you ask for? It really depends on your situation. Keep reading for guidance on how to calculate equity in various situations.

Debt is the most common type of financing however it only works if you have assets that can collateralize the debt in some form. Continue with us in this section to learn everything you need to know about debt as startup capital.

Bootstrapping is the way of life for entrepreneurs. For every great company (even the funded ones) there is a great story about how the Founder leveraged some form of Bootstrap Capital to get the company out of the gates. Keep reading to understand all the different avenues of bootstrapping to see what will work for your startup.

Sometimes in order for the company to grow, we have to shrink first.

Let's talk about putting a freeze on your resources when returns take a downturn. You can definitely weather the storm when you understand where to find the opportunities unwanted downturn provides.

Or, how to cash out without killing your startup in the cradle