Tag: start-up finance

What sounds delusional from one company might sound visionary from another. A study of AI startups showed that context is everything. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Read more

Knowledge, reputation, and personal ties can also be leveraged and weaponized, setting the stage for clashes and disruption. Power, the capacity to influence outcomes positively or negatively, is Read more

Many large corporations are making corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in tech startups. While the innovation benefits for these corporations have received much attention in the business Read more

New ventures needing investment often turn to crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter, StartEngine, and Indiegogo to reach funders and generate exposure to angel investors, venture capitalists, Read more

Asking your friends and family members to support your business monetarily can be hard, but almost every entrepreneur needs to know how to do this if they want to grow their business. Even Jeff Bezos Read more

Since the mid-1970s, microfinance has been seen as a way to lift people in emerging economies out of poverty by providing them access to financial services, particularly microcredit. Micro-loans are Read more

On April 1, Madison, Wisconsin-based company Fetch Rewards became a unicorn, with a $210 million investment round lead by SoftBank VisionFund 2. EIX Editor in Chief Jon Eckhardt interviewed the Read more

In a recent podcast "Invest Like the Best" by Patrick O’Shaughnessy, the host was interviewing Atreides Management Founder and CIO Gavin Baker on the current investment environment during the Read more

The success of any new business depends in part on the environment that surrounds it. In the same way that healthy plants depend on the soil and climate around them, new businesses depend on a Read more

Managing Financial Risk When Starting a Business in Retirement

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . Part of the Read more