For start-ups, raising money is the single most important thing you do in order to grow. If you’re considering equity crowdfunding for your business here’s what you need to know. Since our launch in 2012, we have funded 490 deals had over £210 million invested into campaigns on the platform, making us the most active
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Finding the suitable source of funding at different business growth phases
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Immediately you start developing a prototype out of your business idea, you will need cash to buy the basic items to produce a complete minimum viable product. Testing the prototype in the market will also need some funding; and when you come back to do further research and development, your business expenses will balloon further.
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Trading Forex can help support your new business
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
That’s every entrepreneur’s quandary. While we all want to live the dream, getting it right will take time. Not to mention the possibility that you’ll have to abandon the project. Most people cannot commit to a business idea unless they have an alternative source of income. And so many make it their passion project, while
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The two essentials for crowdsourcing success revealed
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Companies must give both proactive and reactive attention to contributors to make crowdsourcing successful, new research from ESMT Berlin reveals, despite the advice being against natural inclinations. Professor Linus Dahlander studied the crowdsourcing efforts of over 20,000 companies. He reveals that whether organisations succeed or fail in crowdsourcing can be explained by two actions they
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What are the best alternatives to a business overdraft?
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For a long time, business overdrafts were the most popular way of managing short-term cash flow. You’d have an overdraft attached to your business bank account, and if you needed some extra cash you could simply overdraw your account for a few days or weeks until things evened out again. These days, it’s often not
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The future of crowd investment is bright
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Tim Aldiss writes for Shadow Foundr – don’t just follow the crowd, follow experienced investors 1. Investors are keen to diversify The crowdfunding model opens up a new way for people to invest and enables them to move beyond more formalised and traditional ways of investing their money. In addition, crowd investment has encouraged individuals
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Learning from the best: How to succeed when crowdfunding
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As the UK head of technology and hardware at Indiegogo, where our mission is to help bring the most innovative ideas to life, I regularly advise British entrepreneurs through the crazy journey of running a successful campaign. Here, I’ve included some key factors to running a successful campaign. Innovation is key to a successful crowdfunding
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How to become your own bank manager
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Alternative financiers are transforming the SME finance landscape, leveraging cloud technology, real-time data and analytics tools to provide businesses with smart, efficient and cost effective finance and debtor management solutions. In fact, we have reached the point where technology is enabling such levels of control for business owners that they are effectively being allowed to
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Biggest crowdfunding rounds and predictions for 2017
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Crowdcube has become the first in the industry to hit the £200 million mark in capital raised through crowdfunding. The milestone was achieved after Bluebella, an award-winning lingerie and nightwear brand, raised over £1 million from more than 600 investors. This is the latest achievement in what has already been a standout year for the
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Brits seek financial support from friends and family over banks
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Over a third (35 per cent) of entrepreneurial Britain said they would resort to their own personal savings for financial support when starting or growing a business, new research commissioned by Crowdfinders reveals. The second most popular option in the nationally representative survey of over 2,000 UK adults was banks and institutions (28 per cent). Whereas, 15 per
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