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Raising Capital Through Crowdfunding

Women on Business

This site works with Accredited Investors, those that the SEC deems savvy and able to invest in companies due to their net worth and/or income. Accredited Investors can sign up for free and view pages created by the CEO or company founders. They can conduct due diligence through the site and securities are offered by WRH+Co.

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How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

CEOs of midsized companies I’ve come to know over the last 30 years share the same dream. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. Midmarket investment bankers love to shop potential acquisitions to their CEO clients. They have strong due diligence skills.

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

As an entrepreneur, angel investor, VC, philanthropist, and CEO with 40 years' experience, I cannot agree. I also agree that due diligence is an imperative — and is often overlooked by crowdfunders as impractical or overly complex. will not be legalized until 2013).

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An Activist Investor Lands in Your Boardroom — Now What?

Harvard Business Review

More than 200 activist-investor initiatives hit companies in 2013, a seven-fold increase over a decade earlier. Google acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011 for a better than 60-percent premium, and Brown remained as chair and CEO of Motorola Solutions, overseeing its 23,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue.

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

According to Schulte, Roth & Zabel’s Activist Investing 2015 Annual Review, a total of 344 companies worldwide were subjected to activist demands in 2014, up 18% from the 291 recorded in 2013. At the very least, the team should include the CEO, CFO, IRO, Board Members and General Counsel.

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