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Giving away portions of the company you poured your blood, sweat and tears into may be painful. But, as an entrepreneur, selling equity in your startup for cash can be financially beneficial. Many successful startup entrepreneurs follow a well-worn series of stages in their quest for funding from a first friends-and-family round, [...]
At the heart of the debate over how to write the rules for the next generation of crowdfunding is how much regulators should seek to protect small investors. Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, known as the JOBS Act, small investors would be able to invest only a portion of their net [...]
An 80-year-old ban that has prevented private companies from publicly advertising their efforts to raise funds will lift on Monday. If you are an entrepreneur struggling to find investors, that may be very good news. But hold the champagne for now. What this historic change in general solicitation law really means is that [...]
The crowdfunding industry is frustrated that the Securities and Exchange Commission has not yet finalized rules that will potentially turbocharge the industry. But it is also cautiously optimistic that there will be movement this year. The SEC is expected to finalize and implement rules on the provision of the Jumpstart [...]
Raising money for your business? Shout it from the rooftops. For the first time, it's allowed. The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted four to one that it will overturn the ban on publicly advertising that your company is raising money, what's called "general solicitation." By voting to lift the ban on general solicitation, the Commission [...]
Digital badge company Basno got its start generating badges for athletes who completed the New York City Marathon. Starting today, it's generating badges for accredited investors. When the Securities and Exchange Commission lifts its 80-year-old ban on general solicitation on Monday, private companies will be allowed to publicly advertise their efforts to raise [...]
We are entering a golden age of small-business and entrepreneurial finance. Between the crowdfunding boom (both donations and soon-to-be investment-based) and the surging growth of peer-to-peer lending sites like Lending Club and Prosper.com, never before have there been so many places for those seeking and those providing capital to connect and transact. As a result, [...]
Over nearly three decades in business, I’ve created a mission statement that work well and others that have not. To craft a strong mission statement that's effective, follow these basic rules that I’ve learned along the way. If you want to make a mission statement that you can actually remember, you have [...]
One of the pieces of advice I give new clients always surprises them. "Look at your failures and non-starters," I say in the beginning of any meeting, "and let's find some great ideas." This scares some of them since most people want to move on from failures or what they [...]
Small business may be the most popular institution in America. According to a 2012 poll conducted on behalf of the Public Affairs Council, 88 percent of Americans view small business favorably. In fact, 68 percent of us would rather pay more to do business with a small business than a big one. Could America's love [...]
Job growth in for small businesses was on par with that data point's six-month average, according to the recent ADP Small-Business Jobs Report. There was a dramatic shift at the industries adding those jobs, however. For example, the goods-producing sector added a mere 1,000 new jobs, compared to 14,000 in July. [...]
While a lot of the entrepreneurs I've met and mentored in the past decade have been successful, I've probably met as many, if not more, unsuccessful entrepreneurs. Each of them seemed to make a lot of the same mistakes -- ones that could be easily remedied, but when left unaddressed, [...]
