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5 Small Business Myths That Can Hold Your Business Back

The Motley Fool

Will you end up in debt and without an income? In fact, most companies can be started with a few hundred dollars or less. Sure, if you want to build a unicorn software company or develop and sell a high-priced tech item, you might need a lot of start-up capital. You should avoid debt at all costs Debt isn't inherently bad.

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Could Fed Rate Cuts Make It Easier to Start a Business? 3 Reasons Why

The Motley Fool

If you're trying to use personal loans to start your business, such as personal credit cards, a home equity loan, or other personal credit, lower interest rates might make the calculations more attractive -- and make that debt easier to repay as your business picks up steam. This can be good news for small businesses.

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Convertible? Equity? What kind of coin should you use to scratch off a lottery ticket?

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Paul has been able to create (and transfer to the companies in YC) a valuable, and unmatched brand. Moreover, because of his investor relationships, YC has immense momentum around Demo Day. I think the entrepreneurs were just happy to close and move on to building great companies.

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Ukhi Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding

FinSMEs

in Pre-Seed equity and debt funding. The round was led by 100 Unicorns, with additional participation from Venture Catalysts and angel investor Avtar Monga. The debt portion was led by SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India). Ukhi, a New Delhi, India-based biomaterials startup, raised $1.2M

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January Closes $12M Series B Funding

FinSMEs

January Technologies, a NYC-based fintech company humanizing debt collection, raised $12M in Series B funding. Existing investors Brewer Lane Ventures, Third Prime, and Reciprocal Ventures, along with new investors such as Upper90, Shrug Capital, and angel investors, also participated.

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The State of Tech Investing

The Motley Fool

How money can ruin companies. Companies are respectful of that. I just gave you Salesforce as an example of a company that is respectful of that, which is a weird thing to say because they used to be the ultimate disrespector of that. Why are we even asking this question of whether tech investing is debt at all?

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How to Use Restricted Stock Units to Fund Financial Planning Goals

Zajac Group

Companies often withhold the statutory rate of 22% (37% if more than 1mm of statutory income) for federal tax, plus Medicare, Social Security, and state tax if applicable. If you wouldn’t use your cash bonus to buy shares of company stock, it may make sense that you should not keep shares of stock delivered to you from vested RSUs.

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