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What Is Seed Money and How Do You Get It?
When it's time to get serious and raise seed money for your startup, start here. Learn what it is and how to prepare for a seed round.
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What Startups Need to Know About Seeking Financing During the Pandemic
In the midst of this global pandemic, startups are working tirelessly to keep their business running. For many, that means securing...
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Why Do Banks Hate SaaS Companies?
Banks don't often lend money to growing SaaS startups. See where SaaS founders should go for capital investments and loans.
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How Startup Investors Use Data
Data matters to startup investors. It helps evaluate investments and make important funding decisions, but data can be used differently.
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How to Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Startup
Create a short explanation of your startup that garners interest in a just a few seconds – or the time it takes to go to the next floor.
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Considering a Business Loan? Don’t Ignore the True Cost of Capital
When considering a business loan to finance your capital needs, you’ll no doubt encounter a number of funding options. There are several...
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What Is the Working Capital Turnover Ratio and How Is It Calculated?
What is working capital? Working capital is to a startup as wind is to a sailboat. Learn how to calculate and manage this critical metric.
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How to Pick High-Quality Angel Investors
It pays to do your research and know the kind of investment partner you want to take on for the long haul. Look for these 5 qualities.
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Tech Banks Pave the Way for Better Startup Financing Solutions
There are a variety of tech banks and financing options that are friendly to SaaS startups. We discuss a few we think are the best.
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Business Lines of Credit: What SaaS Startups Need to Know
A business line of credit can help growing SaaS startups fund working capital and manage cash flow. Here's what founders need to know.
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What Is a Term Loan and How to Get a Loan for Your Small Business
Tech startups are often focused on a variety of high-profile funding options to help get their small businesses off the ground. Angel...
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Startup Valuation Methods
Get to know four common startup valuation methods and learn what can happen if your valuation is too high or too low.
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Why Do Most SaaS Startups Fail?
Learn the four main reasons SaaS startups fail, and how you can avoid them in the early days of building a sustainable business.
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Funding for Startups That Are ‘Non-VC-Compatible’
Is your SaaS startup 'non-VC-compatible?' We explain what that means and discuss friendlier funding options to help you scale.
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Take the Money or Run? 3 Reasons to (and Not to) Take VC Money
When your company is poised for exponential growth, you may have a shot at convincing venture capitalists to take a gamble on you, your...
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Alternatives to Venture Capital: Debt Capital vs. Private Equity [Infographic]
You've built a company and have shipped a product or service. You also have revenue. At this point you might be looking for funding to...
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Startup Funding: When to Bootstrap vs. Raise Equity
When is bootstrapping best, and when is it best to raise equity? Here's a guide for making this critical startup funding decision.
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Strategies for Raising Capital to Build a Startup Team
Start planning to build your early startup team, how you'll compensate them, and your strategy for raising the capital you need.
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Capital-as-a-Service: A Funding Model to Help Startups Grow
What is Capital-as-a-Service and how does it work? We explain this beneficial funding solution for growing Saas startups.
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What Should a Business Plan Include?
When you’re setting up a new business, it’s one thing to have a good elevator pitch or a convincing story to tell at a “speed-dating for...
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