Venture funding works like gears. A typical startup goes through several rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take just enough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the next gear. Few startups get it quite right. Many are underfunded. A few are overfunded, which is like trying to [...]

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This posting is excerpted from a speech EO speaker Jim Randel recently gave to EO New York.Being an entrepreneur is tough … very tough. There are a myriad of reasons why some entrepreneurs make it big and others do not. In my speech, I spoke about the organic reasons why some business owners fall short [...]

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  As a software securities analyst for investment banking firm Canaccord Genuity, Richard Davis spends 200 days a year on the road visiting companies. He goes to public companies such as Oracle and Salesforce.com, but he also visits up-and-coming software companies he thinks will go public in the near future. ChannelAdvisor: Aiding online retailers I’ve [...]

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February 14, 2012 10:53 PM Evan Peelle Every time I’m faced with a big problem in my business, I’ve found a way to get past it by asking myself, “W.W.C.N.D.?” (That’s “What would Chuck Norris do?”) Think about it: If you’re racing against the clock to get traction in your business, who better than Chuck [...]

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  Could Qatar do with it’s own successful VC’s? February 18, 2012 8:00 AM Jeff Richards   A friend of mine recently asked me a simple question: “After four years as a VC, knowing what you know now, what basic tips do you have for guys like me who are growing venture-backed businesses?” It got [...]

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According to Tom Tauli, if your company is looking for an equity investment under a few million dollars you might first think of approaching venture capitalists, but he suggests you try angel groups. For the most part, VCs manage large pools of money—sometimes in excess of $1 billion—and do not have the time to deal [...]

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