Given all the economic challenges facing our country, why are mergers and acquisitions increasing? Despite all of the economic challenges facing our country at the moment, mergers and acquisitions activity (“M&A”) is showing signs of improvement. During the second quarter of the year—the most recent period for which statistics are available—over 2,000 M&A transactions were successfully completed. (The value of these transactions exceeded over $260 billion.) For the first half of the … [Read more...]
New Domain Name Regulations Will Turn The Internet Into The Wild West
Protecting your intellectual property online is getting infinitely more complicated with the new domain name regulations. Here's what you can do about it. When the Internet was the “new thing,” a number of people—me included—bought lots of domain names. I bought domains related to my name and my company’s name just to make sure that no one else would buy and use them. Back then the purchase of .com, .net and .org domains was enough to be confident that you were protected. How things have … [Read more...]
Get Ready: The IRS Starts Thinking Like A Business
The IRS, which was once considered to be an out-of-date, inefficient and bureaucratic organization is starting to modernize. Get ready. Something revolutionary is taking place within the IRS. What was once considered to be an out-of-date, inefficient and bureaucratic organization is starting to modernize. While it still has a long way to go to match the efficiency of the private sector, the IRS is in fact starting to operate more like a for-profit company instead of a government agency. … [Read more...]
Raising Financially Responsible Children
Like all good things in life, financial success is a double-edged sword, especially if you have kids. Here is a guide on Raising Financially Responsible Children. Most business owners want to achieve financial success. If you have already achieved it, then congratulations! Feel free to invite me for a spin in your new Lamborghini Aventador. Like all good things in life, financial success is a double-edged sword, especially if you have kids. Wealthy entrepreneurs face a tremendous dilemma: how … [Read more...]
How To Read And Interpret A 10-K
The 10-K is one of the most important financial filings required by the SEC. All companies with publicly-traded securities must file one within 90 days of the close of their fiscal year. The 10-K is one of the most important financial filings required by the SEC. All companies with publicly-traded securities must file one within 90 days of the close of their fiscal year. If you need to conduct in-depth research into a competitor, potential client or strategic partner, the 10-K is a great place … [Read more...]
How To Format A Killer Spreadsheet For Investors
When presenting financial models, both form and substance are important. When presenting financial models, both form and substance are important. It goes without saying that your assumptions need to be justifiable, the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement need to be linked and that the overall story behind the numbers needs to be attractive to investors. But how the numbers are presented is also important. Poorly formatted spreadsheets are a complete turn off to investors. … [Read more...]
Take it Personally When Pitching to Investors
When it comes time to Pitching to Investors, most business owners play it safe. They have their traditional PowerPoint presentation that includes the Mission, Vision, Product description, management team experience, sales strategy, financial projections and competitive advantages. That’s fine, but it isn’t enough to convince investors to write you a check. Experienced angel investors and venture capitalists evaluate dozens or hundreds of potential investments each year. Most of them have the … [Read more...]
Should You Cut Costs Like Barack Obama or David Cameron?
Cut Costs and slashing spending has become all the rage lately. State governments, the federal government, even foreign governments have come to the realization that you can’t keep spending money you don’t have forever. Deficit spending requires a number of willing partners. Trading partners, foreign central banks, and institutional investors will very soon reach a point where they no longer want to keep financing this type of activity. Two countries that are facing this situation are the … [Read more...]
How to Raise Money When Nobody is Investing
Access to capital is the thorn in the side of most growing businesses. “If only I had more money I could…” is a phrase that starts so many conversations with business owners that it could be considered the “entrepreneur’s mantra." This is not whining on the part of business owners; it really is difficult to raise money in this economic environment. How to Raise Money When Nobody is Investing Investors in general have become more risk averse and the very low levels of return they are generating … [Read more...]
What I Learned at the Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is the largest foundation in the world dedicated to Entrepreneurship. With an endowment of over $2 billion, the Kauffman Foundation deploys its resources to the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and the improvement of educational opportunities. Its vision is to foster “a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.” The Kauffman LABS for enterprise creation In … [Read more...]
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