Better alternative for private investors funding startups
A veteran investor outlines how to seed funding with private individuals rather than venture capital. Targeted at a small firm seeking 80 000 dollars, it advises leveraging local wealthy networks, bankers, lawyers, CPAs, and business groups. Emphasizes a concise plan, board involvement, realistic projections, and a debt equity mix via eight 10000 dollar blocks. It notes private investors seek profit and warns about optimistic assumptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Reader
CPA
Bison Leather Boots Put Montana Firm On The Map
Harrison Trask left Reebok to start H.S. Trask & Co in Bozeman Montana eight years ago. The company makes about 200000 pairs yearly with over half from bison leather and sells through Nordstrom Dillard s Orvis and L L Bean. Trask aims for authentic American footwear with classic styling and trunk shows featuring buffalo burgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Gallagher
Associated Press
Bozeman, Mont
Montana
Big Sky
Harrison Trask
Yellowstone National Park
H.S. Trask & Co
Trask
Reebok International Ltd
Brazil
Italy
Boston
Bozeman
Reebok
Terry Vickrey
Nordstrom Inc
Utah
Colorado
Interstate 90
Trask Cologne
H.S. Trask
Schnee’s Boot and
Mont
Repo Man rolls through high tech asset salvage in Sunnyvale
Marty Pickinson, head of Sherwood Partners, leads a crew through Zoho.com in Sunnyvale to liquidate assets for creditors. He cites ABC assignments that let boards bypass court auctions and salvage value, noting rapid growth and high turnover in the Bay Area. He undercuts new-goods prices and salvages equipment while signaling a charitable side for usable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight Rigger
San Jose
Calif
Marty Pichinson
Zoho.com
Sunnyvale
Zoho
Pichinson
Pickinson
Repo
Sun Microsystems
Dell
Sherwood Partners
ABC
California
Bay Area
Los Angeles
San Jose Mercury News
Len Vaughn-Lahman
Richard Rubsamen
Young entrepreneurs organization courts under forty business owners
Andrew Sherman, a Washington lawyer, joins Orlando outreach for the Young Entrepreneurs Organization YEO a group for owners under 40 with at least 1 million in annual revenue The article notes 1987 founding 4200 members and 51 billion in combined revenue while stressing youth impatience and rapid growth as defining traits
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Knight Ridder
Andrew Sherman
Sherman
Washington, D.C
Orlando
Young Entrepreneurs
Dell Computer
Michael
John F. Kennedy
National Federation of Independent Business
YEO
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HTC Group Syndicate
Saclark.com
Montana Company
Ted Turner
High Tech
Says Pichinson
Young Millionaire Tycoons
Susan Strother Clarke
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