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Wil Discusses Ideas and Solutions with Jim Canterucci (Part
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 1, 2008
...In this episode, Wil discusses with Jim of MyPersonalBrilliance.com his formula to create an innovate company. Wil also explains how questioning your  [more]
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Your Equity Isn’t a Payment, it’s an IOU
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
...Hello there young entrepreneur, I’m your investor. Remember me? I’m the guy that sat in front of your heartfelt and emotional presentation to raise  [more]
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What Startups Don’t Need to Spend Money On
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
...I’m not proud to admit it, but I’ve made some dumb business purchases during my career and now I’m ready to come clean. [more]
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What is Your Idea Worth?
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
...There’s a lot of talk among entrepreneurs about the value of an idea. Many entrepreneurs believe that a brilliant idea will spawn a great company. We read about companies like eBay that took one simple idea – online auctions – and turned it into a powerhouse company. [more]
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Going Public in Canada - Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO
Author: Delilah Panio
Thursday, February 7, 2008
...Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO of Hostopia.com Inc on how to make it as a public company in the U.S. north of the border. [more]
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No Room for Ego in Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
... Most people start their new business or company for themselves. This is fine, our free-market economy is structured so that self-interest rewards [more]
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3 Reasons You'll Get Funded (That Don't Include your Busines
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, January 10, 2008
...Getting some seed funding for your startup company isn't like trying to apply for a mortgage.  You can't just fill out enough of the right paperw [more]
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Always Have a Customer Lined Up
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
...Customers are obviously the only reason your business exists, or will exist, or will continue to exist. I mentioned before in What’s In It for Them [more]
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How to Determine how much Equity to Give to an Investor
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
...The most common question entrepreneurs ask about raising capital is “How much equity should I give up to an investor?”  [more]
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What’s In It for Them?
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
...I’m trying to engage angel and VC networks in my area even more. They’re very hard to get any traction with because everyone wants a piece of their [more]
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How to Spend Less Time Chasing Investors
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
...If you feel like your "quest for capital" is taking every last ounce of energy out of you, then you're probably right where you should be (like it or  [more]
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10 Tips for Pitching to VCs
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, November 5, 2007
...As a fairly entrepreneurial 20something, I take part in some of the business plan competitions in my area. Here are some tips I've walked away with. [more]
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How to Prep for an Investor Meeting
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, October 11, 2007
...Most entrepreneurs have never raised capital before (why would you have?) so they don't really know what investors want to see.  As such, they ty [more]
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Why You Need a Line of Credit and How to Use It
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
...Not every startup company needs a big wad of investment cash in order to get started. What many companies need is some basic operating capital to cove [more]
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The Monetary Value Of Not Taking Capital
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
...Any entrepreneur trying to fund their startup is well aware of the benefits of raising capital. Large cash infusions enable you to reach the market  [more]
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3 Really Good Questions to ask an Investor
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
...Entrepreneurs are used to getting grilled by investors about their startup ideas.  So much so, that they rarely seem to ask any questions themsel [more]
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Investors Know You're Not All Golden
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
...As you anxiously await the phone to ring for that important investor conference call, you review your notes: 1.  Don't tell the investors we're  [more]
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How Startup Company Forecasting Really Works
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, June 11, 2007
...In running a site that gets people funded, I get a lot of questions from people about how to forecast the finances of a startup company.  Many p [more]
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3 Things Investors Won't Pay the Founder For
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, May 14, 2007
...Investors are a picky bunch.  They want your company to grow, but they aren't necessarily willing to pay for everything that the company needs, i [more]
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Go BIG Interviews Guy Kawasaki: Avoiding Common Pitch Mistak
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
... I interviewed Guy Kawasaki to get some first-hand feedback about how investors look at entrepreneurs going into a pitch.  Often you hear a lopsi [more]
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VentureHacks.com - A Must Read for Entrepreneurs Raising Cap
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, April 26, 2007
...Venture Hacks - A great site for learning how to manage and prepare for an investor Term Sheet. If you're not familiar with Term Sheets, they are the  [more]
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5 Dumb Pickup Lines Entrepreneurs use on Investors
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
...If the Go BIG Network were a singles bar, there would be some Billy Dee Williams smooth operators and then there would be some flat-out Glenn Quagmire [more]
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All the Deals that a VC Passed on - that Succeeded!
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, April 19, 2007
...I give the venture guys a lot of crap, being from the entrepreneur's side of the table, but this time around I have to give major kudos to the boys at [more]
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Raising Money is a Band-Aid, Not a Cure
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
...I have been listening to my fellow entrepreneurs get real excited about raising vast sums of money in the last few months, many by using Go BIG, which [more]
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Anatomy of a Go BIG-Funded Company: ProPractica
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, April 13, 2007
...It's always fun to talk to entrepreneurs that we've helped get funded at Go BIG. Ben Lieblich, the CFO of ProPractica, was kind enough to share his fu [more]
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How Startups Get Funded Before Investors Show Up
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, April 12, 2007
...Very few (and I mean less than 1%) of new startups take on funding to get started.  There is an old myth that you have a great idea, write a busi [more]
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Go BIG Small Business Funding Review - Q1 / 2007
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
...Go BIG Network Reports Decreasing Demands of Funding from Startup Companies in the First Quarter of 2007. [more]
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VC Hosting Open Call for Entrepreneur Meetings on April 20th
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, April 2, 2007
...Now this one may be a first. Jason Caplain of Southeast Ventures (great guy) is biting the bullet and inviting all tech-related entrepreneurs to come  [more]
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You Need Investors, Not Venture Capital
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
...Everyone makes a big deal about getting venture capital investments, but frankly, they are not that big of a deal. You hear about companies like Googl [more]
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