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Rewards-Based or Equity Crowdfunding: Which is Best for My Business?

One of the most popular methods of fundraising for a startup is the use of crowdfunding platforms. With crowdfunding, people choose to make a donation through an approved funding platform to help raise money for...

byMyCorporation

April 18, 2022

11 Top Entrepreneurs Share the Best Advice They’ve Ever Received from a Mentor

Mentors reduce your learning curve by years through mastering the best of wiser, more experienced role models. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here These 11 entrepreneurs share the...

byThe Oracles

May 5, 2021

7 Crowdfunding Tips for Securing Funds During COVID-19

Crowdfunding is a challenging endeavor even in the best of times. Recent data indicates that from January 2014 to the present day, only 22.9 percent of crowdfunding projects met their funding goals. Combine this with...

byAmad Ebrahimi

August 13, 2020

Should Crowdfunding Be Part of Your COVID-19 Cash Flow Strategy?

As the economic shutdown continues, businesses are looking for funding to stay afloat. Federally funded programs have dried up, and public health concerns seem likely to prolong the economic shutdown. Thus, it’s important to use...

byGeorge Cook

April 20, 2020

Small Business Crowdfunding: Best Crowdfunding Platforms in 2020

When you need funding to launch your startup or pilot an existing business through the next phase of growth, loans are an obvious choice. But if you want to go the nontraditional route and cast...

byNav

March 4, 2020

Eco-Friendly Entrepreneurship: Wallace Detroit Guitars and Pranzo Bags

This episode of StartupNation Radio is brought to you by Pappas Financial On this episode of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, interviews two entrepreneurs who are conscious of the environment in their business pursuits:...

byStartupNation

October 5, 2019

5 Creative Financing Tools to Kickstart Your Business

Traditional banks today aren’t typically willing to lend to startup ventures, unless you have a stellar track record and money already in the bank. Only 30 percent of businesses are bank-funded, according to Linda Jenkins,...

byMarcia Layton Turner

September 5, 2019

5 Steps to Transform Your Idea into a Profitable Business Using Crowdfunding

If you’re an entrepreneur with a new business idea, landing investors and launching your business can pose a paradoxical “chicken and egg” scenario: You need one to get the other, so how do you get...

byThe Oracles

January 20, 2019

Can’t Comprehend Kickstarter? Find the Form of Crowdfunding That Really Fits Your Startup

From Kickstarter to GoFundMe to Indiegogo, over the last decade, crowdfunding platforms have exploded as a quick and easy option for raising money. But while these sites may be great to raise money for a friend...

byMax Lyadvinsky

October 19, 2018

7 Ways to Fund Your Startup When You Don’t Want to Give Up Equity

You know your business idea has the potential to take off and become a runaway success. The problem is that you need money to get to market and make sure that everyone knows about your...

byDave Rathmanner

August 25, 2018

9 Essential Qualities of Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

Online crowdfunding sounds like a no-brainer. Once you have a terrific business idea, your target audience helps you fund the business to get it off the ground. Right? It’s only once entrepreneurs start promoting their...

byRyan Gould

August 22, 2018

11 Strategies to Develop a Powerful Belief in Yourself

Success requires that you believe in yourself 110 percent, 25 hours of every day. For some, this belief comes naturally. For others, it must be learned and can take years of practice. Here’s how these...

byThe Oracles

October 4, 2017

What to Do When Your Startup’s Crowdfunding Campaign Fails

Did you try but fail to raise money through crowdfunding? While crowdfunding is a great idea in theory, in execution, only 35 percent of Kickstarter projects earn the requested amount of money. If your campaign...

byDerek Miller

August 4, 2017

Social Finance and Retirement Account Loans

The world of finance for entrepreneurs and startups has gradually been changing since the last recession with alternative lending platforms and programs that illustrate the potential beyond the traditional funding sources. Now that new government regulations...

byJohn Rampton

January 8, 2017

How to Engage Your Community in a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

Connecting with an engaged online community is key to a successful crowdfunding campaign. But it’s not enough to just gather followers and share your campaign. Once you’ve identified your community, it’s helpful to fine-tune your...

byAriel Hyatt

October 25, 2016

Finding Funding When You’re a Hardware Startup

It should come as no surprise that launching a startup is a herculean task, especially when it comes to funding. And the task only gets more challenging when your startup is all about producing a real, physical...

byMin Fang

July 20, 2016