How Angel Investors Are All Set to Take Wing From the Masses?

Startup funding and investing in startup businesses in not restricted to commercial and institutional investors only. 2015 has seen revolutionary developments in angel investing by bringing in more middle-class investors to the market. Major developments happened after July 2015 when Regulation A+ came into effect. Under Regulation A+, the companies can now raise up to $50 million using a mini-IPO. Mini-IPO is different from traditional IPO in a way that it is less vigorous in operations and more intensive in profits. Traditional IPO has low ceiling of $5 million only which neither attracts more investors nor gather them under one […]

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Here is What Millennials Want from Small Businesses

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, today Millennials represent a 25% of the American workers and by 2020, their number will increase and reach more than 40%. With different and most often unique management styles, attitudes and skill sets, this generation of Millennials has everything to make their mark in global market. One of the unique perspectives of Millennials is the adoption of technology for making small businesses fast-paced, mobile and more efficient. Millennials are more optimistic about national economic growth and are more concerned about deeper issues than their elders. The American national fiscal report has yet […]

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Further Education and Professional training is required to Establish Angel Investing Ecosystem in Africa, Says ABAN

The event that was supposed to kick off the frenzy of angel investment in Africa encouraging Angel investors to come in started on the 5th of Nov 2015. The conference and event held in Ghana was the third in the line of such events. The first two held respectively in Johannesburg and Lagos were considered roaring successes and the event that happened in Ghana is no different. The Start of Something Big As far as the co founder of the fair is concerned the fair which allows a number of the top investors in Africa and from the around the […]

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Five Small Business Plan Hacks to make it Work in Any Situation

What is the first thing you do when you have a business idea? Ask any accomplished entrepreneur and they will tell you that the first thing a person should do when they have a business idea is to make a business plan. The importance of a business plan cannot be emphasized enough. Most of the times when you have a business idea it may be more a thought than an actual idea. The fact of the matter is that while you may think of it as a winning formula in your head it’s only really when it is imprinted on […]

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Dos and Don’ts As A Startup Entrepreneur

According to a recent study released in May 2017 by Kauffman Index, the Startup Activity Index, in 2013 was at its lowest point in the last 20 years. Nowadays, it reached close to the peak before the drop of the Great Recession going up 3 years in a row. While things may be different on a collective note, it is quite interesting to see that the number of female entrepreneurs in America is increasing faster than the number of male entrepreneurs. The Golden Age for women entrepreneurs has been starting since 2007 where the number of white-women owned businesses has […]

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