Business Funding

May 22, 2017

3 Things You Aren’t Doing Right When Raising Business Funds

Melbourne start-ups face many challenges but perhaps nothing else in this list is more daunting to most founders than raising money. But what can you do, you need funds when you’re starting a business and possibly more when looking to expand. Most of the time, using personal savings isn’t an option and you’d rather ask from lenders or investors than from family and friends. Money, after all, can be a sensitive issue and you want to avoid that in your circle. In raising business funding, making sacrifices isn’t unusual – and so is making mistakes. However, if you are not open to fine-tuning your strategy, you will just find yourself back in rejection zone. Below are five of the most […]
June 3, 2016

3 Things You Aren’t Doing Right When Raising Business Funds

Melbourne start-ups face many challenges but perhaps nothing else in this list is more daunting to most founders than raising money. But what can you do, you need funds when you’re starting a business and possibly more when looking to expand. Most of the time, using personal savings isn’t an option and you’d rather ask from lenders or investors than from family and friends. Money, after all, can be a sensitive issue and you want to avoid that in your circle. In raising business funding, making sacrifices isn’t unusual – and so is making mistakes. However, if you are not open to fine-tuning your strategy, you will just find yourself back in rejection zone. Below are five of the most […]
March 22, 2016

3 Tips to Raise Business Funding with Ease

Raising business funding is undoubtedly an important phase in any business. Whether looking for funds to start a new venture or to expand a growing one, this is an endeavour worth the preparations and challenges. Unfortunately, many business owners fail in this especially in their first few tries and most of the time, it’s not because the business isn’t doing well or that it doesn’t look promising. Here are tips to help you achieve success in this critical task. Manage expectations. As much as you like to impress investors, don’t fall into the trap of overestimating possible profit. True, you probably earned a lot recently and you want to use this to attract investors, but there are factors that could […]