by Stephen Stern | May 1, 2014 | Business Start-Ups
So you wanna be an Entrepreneur? You have a great idea and so do all your friends and family. Before you quit the day job, ask yourself six questions: 1) Is this your passion? Aside from visions of greenbacks popping from each pocket, is this product or service or...
by Stephen Stern | Apr 17, 2014 | Business Start-Ups
If you are contemplating on raising equity based-funding for your new business product or service, there are certain compliance requirements. However, thanks to the Crowdsource Act of 2012 (Title III of the 2012 Jobs Act), there are significantly less reporting...
by Stephen Stern | Apr 14, 2014 | Business Start-Ups
Entrepreneurs with a new business or service can seek fund donations to get launched through a variety of website platforms. In contract to equtty-based platforms where contributors are investors seeking a return on their investment, donation-based seek to foster...
by Stephen Stern | Apr 11, 2014 | Business Start-Ups
A combination of technology and the Crowdsfund Act (Title III of the 2012 Jobs Act), has made it easier for entrepreneurs to fund their endeavors. Through Crowdfunding, entrepreneurs can reach a large pool of funding candidates. Research shows that the average amount...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 21, 2014 | Business Start-Ups, Venture capital
Nearly as important as how to structure venture capital deals is determining when you should seek the venture capital to begin with. There are several schools of thought between trying to scale the production of the idea, versus fine-tuning the business product and...
by Stephen Stern | Feb 4, 2014 | Blog, Business Start-Ups
As many B-School grads learned early on, the business plan is the blueprint and road map to success. Moreover, it is the sum of information that will likely determine the type of entity to be formed, security to be issued, the type and form of operational governance,...