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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Meet Martha Harper, The Social Entrepreneur Who Perfected The Franchise Business Model

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Yet many people do not realize that one of the pioneers who helped perfect the franchise business model was a woman. At that time, only 17% of the women in American had salaried jobs outside of the home and the number of female entrepreneurs was de minimis. Social Entrepreneuring (Before It Was Cool). Martha’s Legacy Lives On.

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How the New Shopify-TikTok Partnership Helps Small Businesses

Tech.Co

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. If you're a TikTok-savvy entrepreneur interested in launching a Shopify store, now seems to be the time. But the first step is making sure that Shopify is your best option.

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VC investors: Don’t be greedy even if you can.

Berkonomics

First, the marginal exit event: Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Promissory notes come before any equity, and most late equity investments come before early equity investments, even of the same class of security.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Do you really need a board of directors?

Berkonomics

This could happen when a board votes to take in new money at terms that would be unfavorable to the class of investor represented by the board member. There is no legally mandated requirement that members of the board help a corporation to grow. But what if you just don’t want a board and have no investors?

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5 Reasons For Monetizing The Idle Resources Of Others

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Healthcare.

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