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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Seeking Private Equity Financing

Private equity financing offers an attractive alternative to debt financing. A subset of equity financing, it involves the sale of equity in a private, non-publically traded business to an investment firm. You don’t need to perform an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Even if your business is private, you can sell equity in it to an…

How Credit Inquiries Affect Your Personal Credit Score

Maintaining a good personal credit score can open the doors to a world of new financing possibilities. Whether you’re looking to obtain a mortgage, a car loan or even a business loan, lenders may evaluate your personal credit score. Late payments, however, aren’t the only thing that can negatively affect your personal score. Running too…

Can’t Get a Business Loan? This Could Help

Just because you apply for a business loan doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be approved for it. According to�Small Business Trends�statistics, small banks approved less than half of all business loan applications in 2016, a trend that has unfortunately continued. It’s discouraging when you need money to fund your business’s operations, but can’t get approval…

Angel Funding vs Venture Capital

Are you in need of capital to fund your business idea? One of the biggest challenges faced by entrepreneurs is securing funding. Unless you have a proven record of success, you may struggle to obtain funding. But without funds, you can’t necessarily run a successful business, so it’s somewhat of a catch 22. The good…

How to Get Money to Start a Business

Are you thinking about starting your own business? If so, you’ll need funding to turn your vision of a profitable business into a reality. In this article, we’ll cover the basic on how to get money to start a business. First and foremost, the�good news. You can often start a business with just a minimal…

What is Debt Capital and How Does it Work?

Every business needs capital to operate, regardless of its industry or niche. While there are several different options for generating this capital, one of the most common is small business loans. Capital generated through a loan is unique, however, which is why it’s referred to as “debt capital”. To learn more about what is debt…

How to Write a Funding Proposal

Do you know the correct way to write a funding proposal? If you’re an entrepreneur who’s looking to start his or her business, this is something you’ll need to learn. When deciding whether to approve or deny an applicant’s loan/credit application, lenders will typically look at their funding proposal. Failure to craft a professional, detailed…

Business 101: How to Manage Cash Flow for your Company

When you’re busy doing the countless number of tasks associated with launching a new business, it’s easy to overlook cash flow. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common mistake made by entrepreneurs. After obtaining the necessary capital to get their business up and running, they neglect to monitor and nurture their flow of cash. Over time, this…

Pay Your Business Taxes and Keep Good Records

With April 15th fast approaching, entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout the country are scrambling to prepare their taxes. But some business owners place taxes at the bottom of their list of priorities. Perhaps they assume their business is a low risk for an audit, or maybe they just don’t know the proper way to…

Report: Banks May Lose 60% Retail Profits to Tech Startups

Banks may lose more than half of their retail profits to tech startups over the next ten years. According to an eye-opening report published by the financial consulting firm McKinsey & Co., banks face a 60% loss of retail profits to new tech companies. The firm revealed that banks are turning a roughly $1 trillion…

Startup 101 – Helpful Tips for Young Entrepreneurs

In today’s fast moving business arena, young entrepreneurs are an extremely welcome commodity. Younger business people tend to dream bigger without much of a fear of failure. They are more free and capable of thinking outside the box, since they haven’t been worn down by the corporate life cycle. They tend to have more unbridled…

More Lawsuits Following the Forex Rigging Scandal

If you keep up with our blog here at Intrepid Executive Group, you may recall a story we covered a few months back involving a massive currency rigging scheme conducted by several of the world’s largest banks. The offending banks have already paid out more than $10 billion in fines, making this one of the…