Rites of Passage: What Investors Mean by Due Diligence
Entrepreneurs fear due diligence mostly because they don’t understand it. Here’s an overview of what investors are trying to accomplish. Entrepreneurs who manage to pull a good pitch together, generate some interest, and get through a pitch successfully,...Boston Accelerators: Navigating Your Options
Every year the Capital Network hosts a panel discussion on Boston Accelerators in partnership with Morgan Lewis. What transpired this year was a lively conversation about accelerator options, making your startup stand out, and factors to consider when looking at...Crowdfunding Options for Startups
Early-stage companies need tremendous amounts of cash to grow rapidly. Yet, angel groups and venture-capital firms are not usually a realistic option for early stage startups. Additionally, entrepreneurs often find that financing options such as savings, friends, family, and bank loans, even if available, cannot cover the high startup costs attendant to growing a business. Recently, the media has anointed “crowdfunding” as the solution to this startup capital gap. But what exactly is crowdfunding?
Convertible Debt for Startups
Early stage high growth startups face a key early financing challenge: to fund growth operations, they need to raise a lot of cash, yet they have little, if any, market value. They typically have not fully developed intellectual property, produced a product, proven the market or de-risked the venture in any meaningful way.
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