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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. They can conduct due diligence through the site and securities are offered by WRH+Co. HealthTechHatch was developed for the industry and can help entrepreneurs launch their new company.

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5 Pitfalls of Marketing Waterfalls

Strategy Driven

The waterfall methodology was a classic approach used for software development. In 2013, the Marketing Sherpa B2B Analytics Study revealed that 63% do nothing or occasionally leverage data to gain any insight.

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How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

Big-company corporate development departments dream of acquisitions that substantially boost revenue or bring assets that turbo-charge growth. Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. The second reason is more important.

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, I understand all too keenly the complexities of determining a fair valuation for companies that are too early in their development to fit existing measurement standards and can't meet the criteria for standard bank or SBA funding. will not be legalized until 2013).

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business Review

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

However, much of the criminal activity is now being mitigated by self-organized, crowdsourced due diligence in the community , as well as by external parties such as Smith and Crown , a research group focused on cryptofinance, and ICO Rating , a ratings agency that issues independent analytical research on blockchain-based companies.