Private Equity


Investors Pick the Best 2009 Inc. 500 Companies

Venture capital is hard to come by; investors explain what makes a company a good investment.

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When It's Time to Consider Private Equity

If you are like many business owners and management teams, you may reach a crossroads where taking on private equity capital makes sense.

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Anatomy of a Financing: A Pitch for Private Equity

A private-equity expert explains the difference between private equity and venture capital.

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Case Study: To Take Private Equity or Not

Raising private equity seemed like the best way to rev up Sunrise Windows. But were the stakes too high?

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Recent Private Equity Articles

The 2008 Inc. 500 Investor's Guide

Four venture capitalists peruse the list of fastest-growing companies and tell us what looks good.  Read story

Closing the Deal

Three big-time investors have rolled into Miami to listen to 33-year-old whiz kid Marcelo Claure try to sell them a chunk of his company--and, my God, he's l...  Read story

Where Do You Go?

Small-business expert and former Inc writer Tom Ehrenfeld discusses the various financing options entrepreneurs have in this excerpt from his b...  Read story

What VCs Look for in a Management Team

A survey done by New York University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies examined those issues that venture capitalists feel can make or break a deal.  Read story

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