How to protect and maintain the relationship when your friends and family are also your investors 87% of financing for all private businesses came from friends and family. We spend a lot of time to make sure our customers are [...]

In a world of free, what are the most effective way to charge consumers for your product? We are excited to announce Dave Schappell will be speaking about business models at BizTechDay Seattle 2010. Dave Schappell is the founder & CEO of TeachStreet.com, [...]

We’re very excited to have Dana Mauriello speak at BizTechDay New York happening on September 24th, 2010. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Dana before here is a little bit about her and her topic. Dana [...]

How do you pitch a VC in 15 minutes or less? Come listen to successful serial entrepreneur and VC Greg Gottesmam tell you how to pitch effectively. Greg Gottesman is a Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group. Greg managed Madrona’s investments in Dantz [...]

This video was originally posted by Stanford Business School. In this video, Jessica discusses: The spirit behind Kiva.org Her own personal story why she started Kiva How she met Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Stanford What really matters to her The importance of story telling How Kiva took [...]

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. Sequoia has funded companies including Apple, Google, YouTube, PayPal, Cisco, Oracle, Electronic Arts, Atari, LinkedIn, Kayak, Meebo, Admob, and Zappos. The firm has offices in the U.S., China, [...]

Whether you’ve been in business for one week or five years additional funds are always welcome. But what type of financing is ideal for your business? How to initiate this process? What factors to consider? These wide range of choices [...]