Why Is VC Hot About Underwear?
Premium underwear retailer Flint and Tinder just raised $850,000 of venture funding. Find out why venture capitalists are dropping their drawers over this st... Read more
Financing a Small Business
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How to Manage a Banker
As your business seeks to expand, chances are you will need bank financing to do so. The challenge is to approach your bank with eyes wide open. Here's how. Read more
How to Make Yourself Into CEO Material
Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz argues that CEOs are made, not born. Here's how he thinks you can hone your entrepreneurial skill set. Read more
Why Private Equity Is Not All Bad
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has turned a negative spotlight on private equity. But PE is a much needed solution to a void in the marketplace. Read more
6 Numbers You Must Crunch to Win Capital
Looking to raise money? Here's exactly what you need to ask yourself before you try to win capital. Read more
3 Reasons to Take Outside Funding
Venture Capital firms and private equity funds have more to offer than money. Here are three ways these institutions can help your business. Read more
5 Steps to a Successful Seller Financing Deal
With today's tight lending restrictions, offering seller financing may be the key to selling your business and earning a big takeaway. Read more
Examining the Thiel Fellowship: Is It Worthwhile?
The Thiel Fellowship is looking for its next batch of 24 college students to pay $100,000 to drop out of college. But has the model been a success? Read more
Tesla & Fisker: The Game of Favorites
For two companies with remarkable similarities, how is it that Tesla basks in the sun while Fisker's Battleship is sunk? Read more
Be Worthy of Your Customers' Attention
Make sure that your product or service is worthy of receiving your customers' attention. Here's how to do it. Read more
Grab Your Customer's Attention (& Keep It)
Before you can help customers solve their problems, you have to prove that you deserve their attention. Here's how to craft a compelling unique value proposi... Read more
Private Equity 101: New Platforms vs. Add-Ons
Understanding the difference between a new "platform" and "add-on" investments is key to any business owners talking to private equity groups (PEGs). Read more
How to Sell Your Business (& the Land It's On)
When small business sellers own their buildings and land, they need to plan properly in order to successfully sell each. Read more
The Best Place to Find Venture Investment
Inc. 5000 companies are better suited than VCs or angel investors to provide money and the skill necessary for establishing your start-up. Read more
Fisker Automotive: It's No Fun To Be a GOP Talking Point
This year's brutal election season turned Fisker Automotive into a political football. Here's how the car company coped. Read more
Deeper Look: Tesla's Big Loan Fumble
Tesla and Fisker each faced a cash crunch with huge ramifications. Can electric automobile start-ups actually make it? Read more
Beware the VC Fad Factor
An annual ranking of top start-ups suggests VC funding and success go hand in hand. That's one huge mistake you don't want to make. Read more
Overlooked Financing Option for Your Business
If you need to cash to build your company but aren't keen on draining your personal savings or giving up equity to venture capitalists, there may be another ... Read more
More Trouble Ahead for Small Business Loans
A struggling lender's sale could further tighten small firms' access to capital. Read more
3 Secrets to the Lean Start-up
If a small company is disciplined enough not to waste from the get go, it can set itself up to beat the odds and flourish later. Read more
Richard Branson's Student-Debt Plan
At a time when student-loan debt is crippling the American Dream, the British mogul has a big idea on how entrepreneurship can fix it. Read more
Will Raising Money be Child's Play for a Toy Start-up?
Sproutel makes toys that help children deal with chronic illness. Will investors play along? Read more
Entrepreneur Ben Lerer: 'I Realized I Had Been Going to Work the Wrong Way' 
When his father, Ken Lerer, sold The Huffington Post, Ben Lerer realized it's not all about the exit. Watch video
What Private Equity Sharks Can Teach You
You can learn to be a better entrepreneur by studying the analytic process of the PE portfolio manager. No, really. Read more
Is Your Company Suffering From Short-Term-itis?
Managing partner of Satori Capital Sunny Vanderbeck says an overemphasis on short-term results can cause relationships with key stakeholders to erode in a bu... Read more
