As a follow up to our Funding Options Evening Roundtable, this deep dive discussion explores what types of funding options are available for your consumer product company: topics include non-equity options such as crowdfunding, customer finance, debt as well as a discussion of convertible debt. Discussion will be built around audience interest and questions, so come ready with your questions!
As a follow up to our Funding Options Evening Roundtable, this deep dive discussion breaks down exactly what types of funding options are available for your high growth company: topics include angel and venture term sheets, customer financing and other tactics that can be utilized in conjunction or preparation for VC and angel financing rounds. as well as an explanation of convertible debt. Discussion will be built around audience interest and questions, so come ready with your questions!
The structure of you company determines the path you take for funding. As a follow up to our Funding Options Roundtable, this deep dive discussion will explore the funding options available to companies with a social focus. Should you be a non-profit or a for-profit with a mission (B-Corps)? What the heck is a B-Corp anyway? Can you start as a non-profit and change to for-profit later down the road? What grants are available and how can you best position your company for one? Join our experts for coffee and all the answers.
[This post is part of an on-going series of video interviews with members of the start-up community - see a list of links to the full series here.] This one is a bit off the usual beaten path. I was asked to give an interview about Launchpad and US angel investing in general for an entrepreneurial course being [...]
Read more →The Boston entrepreneurial community is home to some of the strongest and most successful women in entrepreneurship. Join the women of Golden Seeds and several local serial entrepreneurs for a discussion on sources of capital for your business. The discussion will be followed by small breakout sessions that focus on the challenges your company may be facing.
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The Boston community is full of resources for women entrepreneurs. Hear from a few of the key organizations and how to stay connected with the entire community of women entrepreneurs.
The Capital Network is a proud supporter of MassChallenge. As part of the MassChallenge accelerator we will be hosting the Funding Day for the MassChallenge Finalists to help them jumpstart their companies and be ready to prepare for funding.
[This post is part of an on-going series of video interviews with members of the start-up community - see a list of links to the full series here.] A CEO turned professional board member, volunteer, organizer, angel investor, and most importantly, advocate for entrepreneurs, Joe Caruso is a fixture on the early stage scene in Boston. Always [...]
Read more →Um, yes. Too much product detail. Empty calories. Get rid of them. Why? First of all, because you have to get through it in 15 minutes and there is no way. But more importantly because all that detail detracts from your message. Yes, you are justifiably proud of your incredibly sophisticated product and, yes, you [...]
Read more →Join us and our network of angels and venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, early stage startups, and the dedicated community that keeps us going strong for our annual Network even to reconnect and recharge over good food and spirits
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Wil Schroter is the co-founder and CEO of Fundable.com which is a crowdfunding platform for startups, so it is not entirely surprising that he would pen a very pro-crowdfunding piece in GigaOM recently. In the piece, he righty calls out a few of the advantages: customer-sourced funding does allow you to test the market before you build, [...]
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