Tagged: entrepreneur

May 2, 2016 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

CAN Capital, an online lending platform, and Entrepreneur Media, publishers of the magazine of the same name, have signed an exclusive agreement where CAN will provide small business owners access to lending on the Entrepreneur site. Labeled “Entrepreneur Lending powered by CAN Capital,” the new… Read More

December 24, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  “In 5 years, we will no longer talk about “Crowdfunding,” it will just be “funding.” Crowdfunding will just be one of the ways that early stage companies and SMEs gain access to capital.  Just like online trading of public securities is considered the primary… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-founder of Funding Societies in his 20s, Reynold Wijaya is now the peer-to-peer lending company’s chief operations (Singapore) leader, and has helped bring the company’s funding to near $1.25 million. Funding Societies was among the first homegrown P2P lending companies to bring in a trustee registered with the… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Ideas Britain, a mobile platform wherein people submit an idea in less than a minute and compete for support, expert advice and real world commercial backing, has chosen Crowdcube to power its next phase of growth. Aiming to raise £300,000 on Crowdcube, Ideas Britain has already secured over… Read More

March 11, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Study of 15,000 Companies Finds Average Revenues of Women-Owned Businesses Increased Nearly 40% in a Year-to-Year Comparison. Analysis shows that a gender-gap still exists, despite the increased profitability that we are seeing with women-owned business in recent years. Average annual revenues and loan approval percentages of… Read More

February 18, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Interested in innovation, both in the finance industry and in the broader economy, Robert Wardrop began his career at Procter & Gamble before moving on to the Anschutz Investment Company and later to DAM Capital. The seasoned entrepreneur presently serves as a Non Executive Director at… Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Look for Team, Team, Team. Stay away from too early stages where there is nothing you can really base you judgment on. Get a bad cop integrated in your investment decision making who will stop you when… Read More

November 25, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only eight days until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, Passion Planner, created by San Diego entrepreneur Angelia Trinidad, has now reached over $550,000 from almost 20,000 backers. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project managed to raise its initial goal quickly… Read More