By Curt Cuscino There’s a saying in Los Angeles: “Always be camera ready.” Likewise, it can be said for startups: “Always be investor ready.” Are you scrambling to touch up spreadsheets and printing out a mountain of documents before every important meeting? Does even thinking about an investor meeting give you anxiety? Fear not. There are ways you […]
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By Eric Fanelli I come from a family of hockey enthusiasts. It’s a sport that I grew up playing and I’m happy that I’ve passed the love of hockey on to my daughters, whom I now coach in my spare time. Several years ago, I walked down to my basement to discover that my cat had
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Yandex.Market is the largest comparison-shopping site in Russia. A new, pending joint venture with Sberbank, the largest bank, will greatly expand Yandex.Market’s capabilities. A leading Russian bank and the largest online Russian marketplace have announced a joint venture that will likely improve cross-border ecommerce. Sberbank is the largest and most trusted saving bank in Russia.
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By Mike Sullivan and Richard D. Harroch Startups seeking financing often turn to venture capital (VC) firms. These firms can provide capital; strategic assistance; introductions to potential customers, partners, and employees; and much more. Venture capital financings are not easy to obtain or close. Entrepreneurs will be better prepared to obtain venture capital financing if
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When I sit down with new startup founders, most ask me about one thing: raising money. This is smart of them because, as I’ve stated previously, fundraising needs to be one of the core competencies of any young company. Yet for the many high-level conversations I’ve enjoyed on the subject with young entrepreneurs, rarely do
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In its bid to strengthen its relationship with its millions of existing customers, eCommerce giant Amazon is carefully considering a foray into the highly regulated banking industry. While The Wall Street Journal reported the initial talks between Amazon and financial services firms that include JPMorgan Chase and Capital One, the online store remained mum on
All the talented entrepreneurs in America aren’t living in just three cities. Yet, nearly 70% of venture capital goes to startups in New York, Boston, and San Francisco. That lack of funding creates several outcomes, a few of which are particularly bad: In other words, if talented entrepreneurs starting companies outside of those three cities
It takes decades to turn a city into a hopping startup scene. A pioneering entrepreneur has to start a company in the city that enriches early investors — often through an acquisition by a bigger company. (Think about how Skype was acquired by eBay and then Microsoft.) It often helps if the big companies in
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Usefulness Content Freshness If you are in the startup (or want to be) in the startup industry, do you know all of your funding options? Would you know what to do if a venture capitalist expresses interest? If you were unsure of any of those questions,
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WILKES-BARRE — Kris Jones likes to refer to himself as a “serial entrepreneur,” and this week his latest venture received national acclaim. Jones, 41, of Jackson Township, recently appeared on “Planet of the Apps” — Apple’s first original programming — and he and his business partner, Damon Wayans Jr., walked away with $1.5 million in
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