Reg A + Puts Fun Back in Funding
Reg A + Puts Fun Back in Funding Imagine raising up to $50 million for your innovative or impact-driven company, at 1/10 the cost and difficulty of a public offering. Think of it as crowdfunding on steroids – a “mini-IPO”. This is a way to describe the recent Regulation A investment process included in the […]
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Born to Star – Latest Secrets to Startup Success: Selecting the Right Execution Master (Part 6)
Born to Star – Latest Secrets to Startup Success: Selecting the Right Execution Master (Part 6) Welcome to our series of eight excerpts from the Born to Star – Latest Secrets to Startup Success eBook and guide. This material applies to early and late startups as well as businesses in other stages. At any time […]
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So You’re Thinking of a Startup Business — The Entrepreneur’s Most Important Question
So You’re Thinking of a Startup Business — The Entrepreneur’s Most Important Question – Part 4 You think you’re a winning entrepreneur. You want to launch a startup business. In our final blog in this series, we tackle the entrepreneur’s most important question. Do you have what it takes? Do you have a “winning entrepreneur […]
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So You are Thinking about a Startup Business in 2016: How to Get to Yes or No (Part 3)
So You are Thinking about a Startup Business in 2016: How to Get to Yes or No (Part 3) Part 3 in our 4 part series – So You Are Thinking about a Startup Business in 2016. In the last post in this series, I listed many of the key factors, both personal and in […]
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So You are Thinking of a Startup Business in 2016 – Essential Business and Personal Factors (Part 2)
Part 2 of 4 – So You are Thinking of Startup Business in 2016 – Essential Business and Personal Factors In part one of this topic, we covered five reasons not to do a startup in 2016 (and some great reasons to start a business). At the heart of Intelliversity’s business philosophy, there is one predominant component for success […]
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So You are Thinking of a Start-Up Business in 2016 – Decisions, Decisions (Part 1)
Part 1 of 4 – So You are Thinking of a Start-Up Business in 2016 It’s the time for resolutions. There’s no better path to wealth and glory than a starting-up business, and also no better path to misery. For those of you thinking about a start-up a business this year, that’s a resolution quite different than […]
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Impact Investing Win-Win-Win for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Society – Part 2
Impact Investing Win-Win-Win for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Society – Part 2 This second blog post on impact investing will answer: – How do you as an entrepreneur gain access to the large community of impact investors? – How do you demonstrate that your impact is specific, intentional and measurable? – How do you demonstrate that this […]
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Impact Investing – Win-win-win for Entrepreneurs, Investors & Society (Part 1)
Impact Investing – Win-win-win for Entrepreneurs, Investors & Society (Part 1) There’s a new kid on the block. Impact Investing. This is the first of a two-part on this trending topic. “The first question we ask ourselves when evaluating a new investment opportunity is: If this company becomes successful, will it make the world a better […]
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SpaceX and Elon Musk's Secret Weapon
SpaceX and Elon Musk’s Secret Weapon Original post 5/28/2012 In the news this week is the breathtaking achievement of SpaceX (aka Space Exploration Technologies) — the private space transportation company in Southern California whose Dragon spacecraft has just docked with the International Space Station. This is the first privately developed and owned spacecraft to achieve earth […]
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Steve Jobs and Tim Cook: The Pair that Makes Apple Successful
Steve Jobs and Tim Cook: The Pair that Makes Apple Successful Belsky is busy recently promoting his latest book, Making Ideas Happen. Quoting Wired Magazine, July 26, 2011, “In the book he argues that ideas for new businesses or solutions to problems are common, but great execution is rare. He emphasises the need for organisation and strategic […]
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