Month: October 2009

Getting venture capital should not be the end-all source of financing. The key to success is bootstrapping.

A trust is a legal arrangement whereby control over property is transferred to a person or organisation for the benefit of someone else. Here is how to register a trust.

Launching a business is challenging. Here is some sound advice for starting a business.

Bootstrapping is the term used to describe the process of starting a business with no outside funding. Here are seven tactics to help you start your business without outside funding.

Valuable lessons to be learnt from this inside look into the rise – and fall – of office automation company Motion.

Venture capitalists are a group of investors operating in a partnership to make and manage investments in young, early stage companies.

Finding funding for your business is likely to be one of the hardest things you’ll ever have to do. Find out how you can successfully find funding with this advice.

So you’ve got a great business idea so the next step is to get going. But before you do you need to register your private company.

Sometimes a patent is required to protect the most valuable asset of your business. Here's how to register one.

The risk preference of most banks is such that it is difficult for them to provide capital to businesses with no operating record.

A guide to when, where and how to register for PAYE as an employer.

VAT registration can be a lengthy and frustrating process. Learn how to make it less so.

Manage your business and personal finances with separate bank accounts.

A sole proprietorship is a form of business in which one person owns all the assets of the business.

Finding the right business opportunity depends on two important questions to ask yourself: Is there a gap in the market? And am I the right person to fill the gap?

Thinking of starting a business? bear in mind that there are many ups and downs to starting a business.

Equity financing is a method of financing in which a company issues shares of its stock and receives money in return. Depending on how you raise equity capital, you may ...

The web is both a new distribution channel and a new way of doing business. Starting an online business is a viable venture.

To illustrate an application of the process of defining and refining a business model, we explore a real-life case study of business model innovation.

In our quest to bring you the most thorough and up-to-date information on how to prepare the ideal business plan, Entrepreneur surveyed the country’s top finance institutions and entrepreneurial experts.