All posts by Mariela Merino

If you plan to obtain funding, you should start with a solid business plan. If your business plan is convincing, then your chances of obtaining funding are greatly enhanced. Lenders and investors want to see proof that customers want your product or service and are willing to buy it for a price at which you can make a profit. The more tangible evidence you offer of this claim, the better chance you have.

Most businesses need financing or will need financing at some point. Cash flow is different from profits, so profits do not guarantee money in the bank. There’s financing needed to manage starting costs, inventory, waiting to get paid, and other factors.

You have probably heard of the term “venture capital” before but you might not be one hundred percent sure on what it means. It is an investment method that can help you to get your startup off the ground. You can also use it if your company exists already, but you are trying to expand and take things to the next level.

You took the time to develop a plan and submitted it to investors. You are comfortable with the plan, but several investors have declined you.

One of the most important tasks of a small business owner is finding capital for their business. However, most business owners have no idea about where to start when it comes to finding money. This is crucial to understand because your business needs capital. Your capital needs will change over time, which is why you need to build a strategy for capitalizing your business from the beginning. This is where most business owners fail. They come up with great concepts, good marketing, hire the right people but they fail because they never planned for the capital their business needs.

When you start a new business, you might need some funds, but you might lack the money to invest in yourself. So how do you get the funds without losing equity in your business? Start-up investment usually involves equity. Why else does somebody risk money?

A partnership is a business with more than one owner that has not filed papers with the state to become a corporation or limited liability company (LLC). There are two types of partnerships – general partnerships and limited partnerships. Today we will only discuss general partnerships – those in which every parent has a hand in the management of the business.

If you are a business owner, you need to gain capital to grow. Your two options available are debt or equity financing. In this article we are going to deeper into what they are, so you know which one is right for your business and your goals.

Some questions you might be wondering about investors are how safe it is to pitch your business idea to an investor and if you should send out market research surveys prior to approaching an investor. Are they looking for new ideas so that they can create businesses of their own or looking for you to prove your idea will work? The first step is to answer those questions and then we get into the mind of the investor.

If you are going to run and grow your business without a lot of other people’s money, then you should get used to dealing with bankers. Today we discuss tips on banks, bankers, and banking for bootstrappers.