17 ways to raise fast cash

CNNMoney.com offers 17 ways to raise fast cash 1. Tap your emergency fund 2. Sell some investments 3. Ask the folks for a gift 4. Bust into a CD early 5. Cash in your whole life insurance policy 6. Borrow from family or friends 7. Take out a home equity line of credit 8. Do

Financing Woes – how to finance your business

Number one on almost every startups top worry list is how to finance their new business. During the recent period of economic expansion many new businesses flourished with ready access to capital. As we previously noted here and here venture capital has dried up. With the lack of access to investment capital many entrepreneurs turn

What is a Startup.

Recently the High Definition Mojo cable channel began airing a series called “Startup Junkies.” The show chronicles the development of a company called Earth Class Mail based in Portland/Seattle. The company has raised more than $16 million in funding and has (by appearances) around 50 employees including a full engineering department, a staffed marketing and

Will I get venture capital funding?

Venture Capital funding is the wish of many entrepreneurs. We recall the heyday of the Internet Startup with loosely banded groups of programmers gravitate to a business minded former executive of something and rent fancy offices in Silicon Valley and pump out code and create new businesses overnight. With easy access to cash to fuel