DECIDING TO START A BUSINESS: DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? Setting up your own business can be very rewarding, but there are pressures involved. It is not enough just to have a good, viable idea: you also need to have the right skills and temperament to make the opportunity...
Month: May 2020
WHEN A VENTURE NEEDS TO GROW OR NOT TO GROW Some entrepreneurs make the conscious choice to control growth even In the face of extraordinary market demand. This is not to say that growth is slowed to single digits. Instead, the entrepreneur may choose to maintain a stable growth rate...
HOW TO FUND A RAPIDLY GROWING VENTURE (3) Capital Structure It may seem that an entrepreneur is totally at the mercy of the venture capitalist. That, unfortunately, is true if the entrepreneur enters the negotiation from a weak position, desperately needing the money to keep the business alive. A better...
HOW TO FUND A RAPIDLY GROWING VENTURE (2) The Sequence of Events in Securing Venture Capital To determine whether venture capital is the right type of funding or for a growing venture, the entrepreneur must understand the goals and motivation of venture capitalists, for these dictate the potential success or...