A Startup’s Guide to Alternative Finance
As an entrepreneur, your next venture may be fully developed, and your business model mapped out, both technically and operationally. But in order to kickstart your business by legally establishing the operating structure and opening your doors to customers, you need fuel. That means raising money, and a fair share of it. In an era...
How Much Budget Should You Allocate to Marketing Your Business?
Knowing how much to spend on marketing can be difficult, especially if you’re a startup with no historical data on which to base your decision. With so many diverse ways available to reach your audience these days, it’s also challenging to identify the best marketing methods. So where do you start in this process, and...
Artificial Intelligence and its Growing Impact on Startups
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by startups to implement cost-saving systems and processes, helping them to save money and gain an early competitive advantage. Reaping the benefits of targeted artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, they can quickly address specific issues faced when starting up in business. These include building a solid customer base, making sense...
Cash Flow Tips: 6 Ideas for a Startup
Effectively managing cash flow is crucial for companies of any size and in any sector and startup operations are no exception. Here are six cash flow tips well worth having in mind if you’re running a new business and aiming to strike the right kind of financial balance. 1 – Measure everything When it comes...
Running out of cash? What do you do now?
5 Useful Options if Your Startup is Running Out of Cash New or fledgling businesses are often particularly susceptible to the pressures that cash flow constraints can impose and finding quick access to funding can sometimes be the difference between making progress and vanishing without trace as a startup operation. With that in mind, here...