Venture Capital
Amway of the Rich
Twitter It!Today I spoke with a friend that told me he just see an entrepreneur we met 5 years ago. This entrepreneur was beginning a company to custom-made dress shirts for the wealthy executives.
So the business idea was to send nice looking girls to visit wealthy individuals to their offices and sell them custom-made dress [...]
Seven Investors To Avoid
Twitter It!Seven Investors To Avoid
Martin Zwilling, 12.08.09, 5:04 PM ET
In a tough economy, all capital is created equal, right?
Wrong. Even in a credit-starved environment like this one, the source of your money matters. A lot.
When it comes to courting angel investors–well-heeled individuals looking to put some of their stash [...]
Raising Capital: Equity vs. Debt
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The banks generally still aren’t playing ball, but there are creative solutions allowing small companies to win financing
By Jill Hamburg Coplan
In November 2008, Donn Flipse was forced to close one of his three flower superstores in Florida’s Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Nine months later, Flipse expanded by acquiring the [...]
Candidate Selection for an IPO
Twitter It!Presented to the Babson Research Conference, June 2005-03-29
By Tom Mckaskill
Principle Topic
There is little in the prior literature to help a firm decide if it is a good candidate for a [...]
IPO Exit Strategies: Lessons from the Biotechnology Sector
Twitter It!Presented at ANZAM 2003 Fremantle, Western Australia
By Tom Mckaskill
Abstract
Founders and private equity investors need to have an exit strategy to liquidate their shares in [...]