Where To Find Capital Now?
Five alternative sources of precious financing for entrepreneurs.
Dileep Rao, Ph.DFive alternative sources of precious financing for entrepreneurs.
Dileep Rao, Ph.DSince LinkedIn filed for its initial public offering yesterday, everyone seems to be asking not-to-subtle questions: What's it worth? What's Reid Hoffman's cut? How much are those 19 million shares worth? It's okay. I get it. I work at Forbes. We heart wealth. read »
When it comes to launching a tech company without wasting myriad lines of computer code (and the money it took to write them), the preferred plan of attack goes something like this: Build something with minimal features, get customer feedback, iterate. Fast. But there are plenty of unintended consequences to this approach. Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank lays them out--and offers sound advice for dealing with them. read »
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John Crudele, the New York Post's skilled business columnist, wants to close New York state's $10 billion budget deficit. One prong in his strategy: going after restaurant and bar owners who duck taxes with nifty software that makes a chunk of their operations' sales vanish from their records. A taste: And when the sales are voided by these smart registers -- and wiped clean from backup computers' memories -- not only is the state cheated out of sales tax but the establishment at which the sale[...] read »
There simply can't be too many smart articles that aim to help entrepreneurs allocate their precious capital. This post, from Mark Suster, an entrepreneur cum venture capitalist, clearly addresses one fundamental issue that Forbes has tackled before, and will keep tackling (see columns by our own Robert Wynne). read »
There was Marvin Schwartz, Neuberger Berman 's veteran stock picker on television for the first time telling Aunt Sadie to buy Hewlett-Packard and Travelers Insurance, two value stocks that will benefit from the use of massive excess cash flow. read »
The price of gold has fallen from a peak of $1425 an ounce to $1342 an ounce-- a modest drop of 6%-- not yet a real correction of 10% or more. read »