Startup Money Made Easy

With advice from Daymond John, Bobbi Brown, Mark Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, Alexa von Tobel, and other successful early stage startup investors, Inc. magazine shows you how to attract and wisely apply your firm’s first precious sources of cash. Bootstrapping, crowdfunding, VCs, payroll, profits—money makes your business boom. But mess up your finances, and the venture can go bust. It’s time to get smart. Let the experts at Inc. guide you through every critical step and potential pitfall. Their on-the-ground reporting shows how to locate funding, manage your money, and smart hack your way to a comfortable retirement. Startup Money Made Easy gathers the best advice from the magazine’s pages, spotlighting celebrated entrepreneurs and inspiring stories. You’ll hear from: FUBU founder Daymond John, who mortgaged his family home for start-up capital—and built a $6 billion empire Makeup artist Bobbi Brown, who turned a modest lipstick line into a profitable 30-store enterprise Alexa von Tobel, who dropped out of Harvard Business School to launch the equity-magnate LearnVest.com Mark Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, and other founders who overcame financial obstacles on their way to the top Interwoven with the stories are on-target tips that explain how to: Raise your first $10,000 in capital Power through the lean years Get friends and family to back you up Round up outside investors Go public or sell, while still staying in charge Reward people with great salaries and benefits Eliminate tax season surprises Grow without growing pains And more Cash flow problems are the number-one business killer. Whether you’re dreaming up a startup idea or knee deep in the craziness, learn to shore up your finances and safeguard the business.

Money Made Easy 2015-16 is here to help you master your personal finances - cutting through the jargon and explaining clever but simple ways to make and save money. Covering every stage of life, it gives you the tools you need to ensure you always get a good deal. The good news is that whatever age you are, however much you earn, whatever your history, you can always improve your financial position by getting organised. You don’t need a new job or a pay rise; you can improve your finances without making any major lifestyle changes – and you can do it today. Dive into Money Made Easy and find out: - how to grow your money over the long term - how to plan and save for retirement - how to start a business - how to buy and sell property - how to cut debt and build savings - how to get organised for life’s big events: childbirth, marriage and more. The book also includes a product guide covering the building blocks of personal finance and a handy jargon buster. Personal finance is not an enigma and it’s not impossible to understand; it’s just a subject many people avoid. Don’t be one of them. Start smartening your finances today – thanks to this book, it’s never been easier.

Start Small, Stay Small is a step-by-step guide to launching a self-funded startup. If you're a desktop, mobile or web developer, this book is your blueprint to getting your startup off the ground with no outside investment.This book intentionally avoids topics restricted to venture-backed startups such as: honing your investment pitch, securing funding, and figuring out how to use the piles of cash investors keep placing in your lap.This book assumes: You don't have $6M of investor funds sitting in your bank account You're not going to relocate to the handful of startup hubs in the world You're not going to work 70 hour weeks for low pay with the hope of someday making millions from stock options There's nothing wrong with pursuing venture funding and attempting to grow fast like Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Facebook. It just so happened that most people are not in a place to do this.Start Small, Stay Small also focuses on the single most important element of a startup that most developers avoid: marketing. There are many great resources for learning how to write code, organize source control, or connect to a database. This book does not cover the technical aspects developers already know or can learn elsewhere. It focuses on finding your idea, testing it before you build, and getting it into the hands of your customers.

About the Book Entrepreneurship Made Easy: Kingdom Entrepreneurship Nexus is for those burgeoning business men and women who want to discover their God-given potential and unlock their ability to create a successful and fulfilling business. This book aims to mentor and coach entrepreneurs with the principles of God, knowing that it is God who gives us the power (ability, ideas, passion, capacity, and intuition) to make wealth. With this book, the entrepreneur will learn to understand the importance and the blessings of putting God first as a shareholder in their business. About the Author Rev. Dr. Michael Appiah is a native of Ghana who currently resides in Minnesota. He is very involved in his community and public speaking.

The Founder's Dilemmas examines how early decisions by entrepreneurs can make or break a startup and its team. Drawing on a decade of research, including quantitative data on almost ten thousand founders as well as inside stories of founders like Evan Williams of Twitter and Tim Westergren of Pandora, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to avoid them.

YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? This book has it all; learn what the pros of making money online do. No more 9 to 5 dead end jobs, you can make passive income time and time again. Inside you will learn: Just what it takes to succeed Keyword Research What path to take getting started Troubleshooting The myth of 10 4 BOOKS IN 1 SETYouTube has been a part of our daily lives for years; we connect with those around us at the push of a button, watch our favorite videos and movies with ease. Now I know at some point you have asked yourself "is it possible to make money on YouTube?" Yes you can! Books Inside: Blogging: Make Profit and Passive Income in 90 Days or Less YouTube: Secrets and Marketing of the Pros, Build Your Brand, YouTube Channel, Make Money From Home Social Media Marketing: 2020, Beginners and Advanced Guide to Take Your Business to the Next Level, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Make More Money Amazon FBA Mastery: Learn To Sell Private Label Products Easily, Make Money on Amazon Learn the YouTube Secrets of the Pros and how they make money time and time again! Start a profitable channel that generate passive income Learn how to do keyword research How to drive traffic to your channel Step by Step methods easy to follow along And much much more! Are you ready to make money online Then think no more, get this book now! And much more... "This book really made me feel like I can make money online and start my own business" Michelle Makaway

The main priority of a non-profit organization is the organization’s philanthropic mission. Managers are extremely passionate about furthering the mission, yet they are not often trained in business management. However, to fulfill its mission a non-profit must be financially solvent. Starting and Operating a Non-Profit Made Easy helps non-profits become and stay financially solvent by applying traditional business practices to the unique challenges of a non-profit organization. It focuses on financial management and planning using cash flow budgeting and methods of quantifying fundraising and grant-seeking activities, two of the most important functions of a non-profit. It allows non-profits to develop and stick to a long-term plan, rather than functioning hand-to-mouth, dependent on unexpected monetary windfalls. Using extensive checklists, forms and worksheets, the book helps non-profit managers keep their organization running smoothly.

Don't Just Plan-Zero In on a Winning Business Model! Before you write a business plan, before you start marketing, before you look for funding, you should develop the most important tool in your business arsenal: a business model. A great business model sets amazing successes apart from failures. Don Debelak reveals how to create a winning business concept, develop a business plan around it, and turn it into a successful business venture. Whether you're starting a new business or looking to revitalize an existing operation, you'll learn: What a model is, why it's important, how it works and how it can improve your business How to maximize your chances of success with an easy-to-use scoring system How to use your business model to increase your chances of receiving funding Strategies for using your model to write a business plan that really works Take your business to the height of success with this can't-miss strategy.