I was recently a guest lecturer at Cornell in a class for engineers and scientists with entrepreneurial aspirations. One of the topics that I covered was all the ways I've funded my businesses. Funding is consistently the #1 thing aspiring entrepreneurs ask me about. In business school, we learned a lot about venture capital and angel investors, but that's just one of many options.
Fund this idea
Here's the list:
For awhile our investors referred to us as the magically self-funding company. By being creative with both our sources of funds and how we spent it, we were able to do a lot with a little.
Here's the list:
Founder Investment Business Plan Competitions New York State Grants for Growth Vendor Equity Compensation Employee Equity Compensation - Employee Investment
Angel Investors Venture Capital - Community Development Evergreen Funds
Federal Government SBIR SBIR Matching Employment Tax Credits Empire Zone Tax Credits Community Development Loans Student Intern Programs - Credit Cards
- Revenues
For awhile our investors referred to us as the magically self-funding company. By being creative with both our sources of funds and how we spent it, we were able to do a lot with a little.
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