Venture capital firms consider key variables in your business plan before committing capital to the project. Prepare your management team to answer the questions discussed here. This article also explains the securities and documents that result from venture capital negotiations.
After coaching others in spin control for years, a cash-strapped entrepreneur had to face the music-and the media-himself. He drew on long-cultivated relationships to tell his story accurately and bring his business out of receivership. Being both proactive and honest, he says, is essential in a crisis situation.
How do you survive personally when your business goes bust? In an article that is both realistic and compassionate, the author lays out a financial plan for the seven lean years. Stash away cash during the fat years, downsize quickly once the handwriting is on the wall, and consider moving to a lower-cost geographic area are among his suggestions.
After selling her first company, a newly wealthy software entrepreneur felt that writing checks to charity wasn’t enough. So, she set up a nonprofit that runs a business employing disadvantaged young people. Then she joined an organization advocating economic fairness in society. Now she’s providing for her daughter’s education and learning about investment strategies.
Real estate and insurance are cornerstones of a construction company founder’s strategy for building and protecting both business assets and personal wealth. With the help of a financial advisor, she’s sustaining her vision of leadership: to understand value, share profits and give back to the community.