March 1, 2003
In the early summber of 2003, investors were seeing something they hadn't for a very long time: stock market gains. Changes in the tax laws regarding capital gains, and a desire not to repeat the past leads to that most…
March 1, 2003
First Merit Financial reconfigures itself to offer a wealth management solution
March 1, 2003
Think the markets are rational? Think again. The burgeoning field of behavioral finance is debunking several myths about how investors behave and what this means for equities.
January 1, 2000
Table of Contents Planning for Raising Equity Capital Angel Investors Alternatives to an IPO – Reverse Mergers Royalty Financing Community Loan Development Funds Asset-based Loans SBA-Guarateed Microloans Equipment Leasing Primer Private Loan Guarantees Business Incubators Preparing a Business Plan How…
January 1, 2000
Introduction The rules governing sports seem unassailable. The rules are, well, the rules. That said, this doesn’t mean they are the best rules or the best way to play. Well-meaning rules have unintended consequences. And some rules are just plain…
January 1, 2000
What To Do Instead of Watching The Super Bowl Halftime Show Introduction The most useless, wasted time in America is the 30 minutes which constitute the Super Bowl halftime ‘extravaganza.’ Kid Rock wearing the American flag like a poncho .…
January 1, 2000
What the Netflix Imbroglio Means Streaming service Netflix has gotten the executives of traditional television broadcasters in a lather over its refusal to release it’s ratings. A ratings point measures viewership and each point represents 1.07 million viewers. So…
January 1, 2000
The do unto to others Golden Rule, when viewed through the prism of Wall Street turns out quite differently: He who has the gold makes the rules. And Google, with a massive cash horde, is using its riches to rewrite a…
January 1, 2000
The best alternative to venture capital funding is almost never discussed and used even less. This alternative is royalty financing. Royalty financing is simple. Here’s how it works: You, the investor, advance me, the entrepreneur $1 million. (Note the word…
January 1, 2000
Whether you are raising venture capital from institutional sources or individual investors, you must first focus on a lead investors, the one who will put up a material portion of the total raise, and who will act as a draw for other…
January 1, 2000
There are some debates in finance that never go away. Does increasing tax rates increase or decrease tax revenue? Is stimulus good or bad for the economy? Then there’s this one: does an active or passive investment strategy result in…
January 1, 2000
The short answer is probably not. This has nothing to do with you or your business. It has to do with statistics. The last time anyone counted, the rate of new business incorporation in the U.S. is about 565,000 incorporations…
January 1, 2000
With the December 4 jobs report delivering higher than expected job growth, a fed funds hike now seems all but certain Nobody agrees on whether hike is good or bad news and brings to mind Newton’s third law of motion: …
March 1, 1999
This is a chapter in a book I wrote called Where's the Money for Entrepreneur Media under agreement with its authors Dwayne Moyers and Art Beroff. It tells the would-be business plan writer all the need to know, and at…
March 1, 1999
This primer on how to reverse mergers was written as a chapter in the book called Where's the Money. I wrote the book under agreement with its' authors Dwayne Moyers and Art Beroff and with Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
March 1, 1999
Raising equity capital is like painting a room. Most of the work is in the preparation, and when prepared correctly, the actual painting is quick and easy. This article, which appeared as a chapter in a book I wrote for…
March 1, 1999
This primer on how to prepare a loan requests was written as a chapter in the book called Where's the Money. I wrote the book under agreement with its' authors Dwayne Moyers and Art Beroff and with Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
March 1, 1999
This primer on business incubators was written as a chapter in the book called Where's the Money. I wrote the book under agreement with its' authors Dwayne Moyers and Art Beroff and with Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
March 1, 1999
If literature is defined as writing emblematic of an era, than this article about finding venture capital investors on the Internet is literature. This primer on finding capital on the Internet was written as a chapter in the book called…
March 1, 1999
This primer on angel investors was written as a chapter in the book called Where's the Money. I wrote the book under agreement with its' authors Dwayne Moyers and Art Beroff and with Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
