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5 Small Business Myths That Can Hold Your Business Back

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Will you end up in debt and without an income? But most small businesses don't require millions from angel investors. You should avoid debt at all costs Debt isn't inherently bad. You should avoid debt at all costs Debt isn't inherently bad. Don't assume all debt is bad debt.

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

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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.

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Arbelos Markets Raises $28M in Funding

FinSMEs

Arbelos Markets, a NYC-based principal liquidity provider in crypto derivatives markets, raised $28m in a mix of seed equity and debt financing.

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

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The truth is, for most of you actually reading this, it simply doesn’t apply to you—similar to most of the prescriptive stuff about fundraising written by the top investors. Was that entrepreneur unfriendly? Not at all. Writing the check was the friendliest thing he ever did.

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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

Why are we even asking this question of whether tech investing is debt at all? The cost of capital is you have the cost of debt, and you have the cost of equity, and a lot of companies, particularly in the tech sector, use a lot of equity. Equity is far more expensive than debt. Lowering your debt exposure.

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