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How to source funds to expand your business

Strategy Driven

Bank loans provide medium to long-term finance for your business. To seriously consider angel investors, you must first have an exit strategy for your business and solid projections for the future. The goal is to gain equity, help the company grow and then sell it or when it goes very well, do an IPO. Bank loans.

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

But there was one problem: my business plan had no exit strategy. They all asked exit strategy questions and my answer, naively, was that we would grow revenue and share profits! also has a vibrant IPO system to take companies public. It's something that U.S. So what can entrepreneurs in the developing world do?

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What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup

Harvard Business Review

You might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask.