Tag: venture capital

Target Funding: A Proven System to Get the Money & Resources You Need to Start of Grow Your Business

by Fred Fuld III

The book, Target Funding: A Proven System to Get the Money & Resources You Need to Start of Grow Your Business by Kedma Ough is by far the the most thorough book I have ever read on getting money for startups and small businesses.

As someone who has created a couple of businesses, I know how hard it is to raise money. Target Funding is a complete guide to finding sources of funds, whether it be for an invention, a technology venture, a startup, a small business, and even franchises.

The book goes into great detail on funding if you fit into a special category, such as veterans, people with disabilities, minority, and women.

Startups are not just for young people. If you are over 50, you may be eligible for ROBS, Rollovers for Business Startups. Never heard of them? Then you better check out page 120 in the book.

How about an IDA, an individual development account, for setting aside funds for starting or expanding a business. If you haven’t heard of this, go to page 277.

Ough has done an outstanding job compiling all this information. I highly recommend  Target Funding.

 

Exclusive Interview with Jonathan Nelson – Managing Director at HACK Fund – Speaking About Startups, Raising Money, Cryptocurrency, & Blockchain

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative and fascinating interview was provided by Jonathan Nelson, the founder and CEO of Hackers/Founders, the largest network of tech founders in Silicon Valley and around the world. He is also the managing director at the Hack Fund, and has served on the Board of Advisors for the SEC’s Capital Formation for Small and Emerging Businesses, and has lectured at UC Berkeley and Stanford.

The discussion includes the following:

  • Why so much money is invested in Silicon Valley
  • The half dozen ways for a startup to raise money
  • How a crowdfunding venture capital fund works
  • Blockchain stock certificates
  • The future of cryptocurrencies
  • The cryptocurrency selloff
  • The startup landscape in the next five years
  • The regulation of social media companies
  • Advice for someone who is creating a startup for the first time
  • And much, much more!

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can download as an mp3 by right-clicking HERE and choosing “save as.”

More information about Hackers/Founders can be found here:

Hackers/Founders

More information about the Hack Fund can be found here:

The HACK Fund

 

All opinions are those of the interviewee, and do not represent the opinions of this website or the interviewer. Neither this website, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview. No investment advice is expressed or implied. All information is provided for education and general information only.

Venture Deals: Be Smarter than your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

If you have ever considered starting up your own business, or maybe you have just created your startup and need to raise funds but feel a bit overwhelmed, you need to read the book Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. It is a complete guide to venture capital from raising money to selling the business.

The book covers the various sources of funding that are available in great detail including crowdfunding and convertible debt. Because the term sheet is so important, there are four chapters dedicated to it.

Throughout all the chapters, there is an “Entrepreneur’s Prospective” which is very useful to the startuper.

Probably the best feature of the book is the sample term sheet at the end.

So if you are planning or working on your startup and need additional capital, I recommend you get  Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist.