Business Plan
A business plan is a written description of the company’s future; it is a formal statement of the business’s goals, reasons they are attainable, and plan for reaching these goals.
A business plan is a written description of the company’s future; it is a formal statement of the business’s goals, reasons they are attainable, and plan for reaching these goals.
The US Government is the single largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, and its annual goal is to award 23% of its prime contract dollars to small…
When a key customer files bankruptcy, one of the first questions you will face is whether to keep doing business or end the relationship. (Another key question is making sure…
An executive summary is a one to two-page summary of a business plan that will help potential investors understand a business.
Patents provide inventors exclusive rights in their discoveries. Entrepreneurs and investors in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, medical device and many other fields look favourably upon the benefits of patents.
Ready for show time? Is your story compelling enough to interest venture capital investors? Some businesses, even if they succeed, simply will not get large enough to deliver the kind…
What is due diligence? Due diligence is the process whereby the proposed investor in, or the proposed buyer of, your company investigates the company’s business, people, records and key documents….
Once you have decided to seek a listing of your company’s shares by way of an initial public offering (“IPO”), perhaps to raise additional capital for growth or to reduce…
For founders, moonlighting on a day job can be thorny. It isn’t lost on us that the vast majority of entrepreneurs have to start somewhere, and usually that somewhere is…
If you run a tech company, should you invest in patent protection outside of your home country?
First time entrepreneurs may be tempted to ask a venture capital investor (VC) to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before pitching them or sending information to them. Here are four…
Ready for prime time? Is your story compelling enough to interest venture capital investors? Some businesses, even if they succeed, simply will not deliver the kinds of returns that venture…
“Friends and family” financings: tapping your personal network Entrepreneurs often need only modest amounts of capital in the early stages to cover expenses incidental to the business. Sometimes entrepreneurs cover…