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Socially Responsible Investing, Microfinance, and Green Venture Capital
Businesses need a lot of things: good employees, solid ideas & strategy, competitive advantage, good leadership ... but without financing, none of the rest of it matters.
Entrepreneurs seeking capital have a wide variety of options, from Microfinance to SBA loans to Angel Investment and Venture Capital. Regardless of the outlet, money is the lubricant for helping fuel the green economy. This column sheds light on all these topics and more, and should help us all 'vote with our dollars' to help the green economy succeed.
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How, and when, to talk to funders for your business: an interview with Robert Bailey, author and investor
by Scott Cooney
Robert Bailey is a Capital Broker/Advisor to entrepreneurs and innovators in the renewable energy & biofuel industry, author, speaker on financing entrepreneurship and innovation. Rob often speaks about reverse engineering your way to "common sense" solutions. And having one or more "Plans B." He is also the founder and producer of SourceNewport, the economic think tank and conference on sustainable historic & urban development. He is the producer and host of the Solutions Radio program, and the author of "The Billionaires Little Black Book." . . .
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Raising Money for Startups
by Scott Cooney
Raising capital is consistently the #1 challenge for startups and entrepreneurs. Thankfully, there are options and resources you might not expect. . . .
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Getting Investment for Your Startup: Is Crowdfunding an Option?
by Scott Cooney
Getting capital for a small business or startup is consistently ranked the #1 challenge facing entrepreneurs. The Obama campaign in 2008 was able to raise large amounts of money through lots of small donations, and was able to outfundraise the well-heeled oil industry-backed Republican party for the first time in history as a result. Can you tap into this new "crowdfunding" trend to help your small business get the capital it needs? . . .
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The First Step to Raising Money: Developing a Budget
by Irene Hsieh
Successful entrepreneurs possess many common traits: creative, idea-driven, optimistic, visionary, tenacious, willing to take risks, and hard working. While developing a budget may seem counter to many of those characteristics, it is essentially the blueprint of your operation and can actually be a powerful tool for helping you realize the design of your business. . . .
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With Election 2010 Behind Us, Where Do Progressives Turn?
by Scott Cooney
With oil money behind much of the Tea Party's success, GreenBusinessOwner.com argues that the only way to move society forward is to break our addiction to oil. The beauty is that politics are largely irrelevant, and we don't have to wait for election night 2012 to participate once again. . . .
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DOWNLOAD: Raising Capital for Your Green Business
New businesses need every advantage to succeed, not the least of which is adequate start-up capital. This downloadable e-tool explores ways for you to leverage your green business identity to acquire funding, without paying a finder or a broker to do it for you. . . .
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