“A guide to raising angel and venture capital finance (ebook)”
This eBook by celebrated Australian entrepreneur and lecturer Dr Tom McKaskill was developed as entrepreneur’s guide to securing venture finance.
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Venture Capital by Design: Masterclass
Part of Anthill’s upcoming ‘Tunnel Talk’ series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, this two-part initiative is designed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs and creative professionals seeking to identify investment ready ideas and acquire growth capital. Raising capital is hard enough. You can’t afford to do it badly. You won’t get a second…
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Research: You make better decisions using intuition (or sleeping)
The latest research published within the field of cognitive psychology has shown that criteria-based decision-making could actually lead to poorer decisions. In fact, you’re better off sleeping on it.
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Need a finance template for a bank loan?
Are you seeking a template that is purposely designed to accompany a business bank loan? BusinessPlans.com.au has prepared hundreds of business plans for bank loans and has decided to share what banks look for in this template. The template includes suggestions, hints and tips to prompt and guide you as you prepare for a business…
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Looking for strategic planning advice?
Just describe what you need, receive tailored proposals from interested strategic planning advisors, and contact the best. It’s easy, free and there’s no searching.
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How to work with a $0 marketing budget
You know your idea is a winner and it won’t take much effort to get it off the ground, but you’re not in a position to throw money at it at the moment. What are you going to do with a zero dollar marketing budget? Use your brain and get creative.
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It takes 100 cups of coffee to refine your start-up pitch
I often joke that it takes 100 cups of coffee to get a new start-up funded. Not because the investor is one out of 100 but because it takes a long time to get the story polished.
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Are you seeking capital? August is ‘Venture Capital Month’ at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we’ve decided to explore the many facets of capital raising – from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we’re calling this exercise Anthill’s VC Month.
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Are you seeking capital? August is 'Venture Capital Month' at Anthill!
So you have the commitment, the creativity, the cojones. But do you have the capital!
This August, we’ve decided to explore the many facets of capital raising – from angel investment and grants to venture capital and private equity. For want of a better name, we’re calling this exercise Anthill’s VC Month.
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Anthill talks up pitchclub on Sky News Australia
Sky News Business Channel reporter Brooke Corte talks to the founder and editor-in-chief of Anthill magazine about ‘Pitch Club’.
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Seeking venture capital? Need angel funding?
This first event in Anthill’s upcoming ‘Tunnel Talk’ series, held in conjunction with Design Victoria, is a two-part initiative developed for business builders, commercial innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs and creative professionals seeking to identify investment ready ideas and acquire growth capital.
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Experience is Everything
Customers want more than your widgets or whatever your core offering happens to be. They want an experience. They want to be wowed. They want to join your tribe. If you don’t approach them on these terms, there are countless rival ‘tribes’ that will, argues Kevin Garber.
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Doing business in the US: 13 smart tips to minimise risk
The United States is relentless in making its vast markets seem enticingly available, yet every mistake when doing business there can be costly and unforgiving.
Here are the top 13 things you “must do” prior to taking the plunge and doing business in the US.
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Marita Cheng, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Marita Cheng is still at university (studying a mechatronics engineering and computer science double-degree), but she already owns and runs two businesses.
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What are your logo colours really saying?
Corporate colours contain hidden meanings, so what are they secretly saying about your business?
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Stackable, modular fridge helps keep peace between housemates
You’ve heard the old saying ‘good fences make good neighbour’. Well this refrigerator, comprising up to four individual modules stacked vertically, is sure to prevent turf wars between housemates over who ate what, when and why.
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How a picture of a punk can boost your creativity
Recent research indicates that people think more creatively when looking at an image of a punk. Pinning up deviant images could be just the trick to introduce a little controlled anarchy to your brain.
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Raising capital – Who gives a damn about the numbers?
People ask me quite regularly if I can look over their numbers prior to them talking to potential funders. I have generally been happy to do so, but the truth is that I will have no clue. Neither will the potential funders. And, most likely, neither will you. The thing about most new ventures is…well, they are new. So we put down our best guesses, present them as the gospel truth and everyone pretends they know more than everyone else. What a crock.
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Every journey has a start
Today we launch a new blog. ‘The Entrepreneurial Truth’ is written by mag nation fopunder, Sahil Merchant. In this, his first post, Merchant admits that his new venture has yet to turn a cent of profit and offers his own brand of unspun entrepreneurial truth, direct for the coal-face.
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Your new business = The job from hell
It’s a familiar story. You, a technically-minded professional, leave the comfort of a salaried job to venture out on your own in search of greater autonomy and prosperity. Soon enough, you’re out of your depth, writhing around trying to manage costs, staff and responsibilities far beyond your area of expertise. Congratulations! You’ve created the job from hell. And it’s all yours.
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