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18 Oct 2009Fundraising is an essential work for any non-profit organization.
The same earlier fundraisers can leave you feeling bored. And if you are bored, imagine the feelings of the people you are trying to get funds from. Adding some creativity into your ventures may make a huge difference, both in terms of finances and your organization’s morale.
It has become increasingly essential to involve in creative fundraising. In order to compete and increase the profile of their business, non-profit leaders have had to think of fundraising in a new way.
Through new age fundraising, it is possible to find new and efficient ways to…
In: Fundraising
14 Oct 2009Most important to any non-profit organization is fundraising.
It can be a challenge motivating staff - and yourself - to raise donations, especially if you are using the same methods as you generally do. Creative fundraising can instill some much needed strength into your endeavors and business.
Many non-profit businesses are banking upon creative fundraising as a medium of increasing revenue as well as the range of their business.
It is vital to understand that while the motive of creative fundraising is to come up with innovative ways to raise money, one of the major purposes of creative fundraising is also…
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29 Sep 2009The economy has changed. Venture capital has changed. Financing and exit strategies for entrepreneurs have changed dramatically. Exit opportunities have changed dramatically in the past few years. Companies are getting sold early than ever before. Tech companies are often sold only one or two years from start up.
Exits are the least understood part of investing and entrepreneurship. Very little has been written about exits - the emphasis is usually on starting, financing and growing technology companies.
Almost all of the earlier books on exit strategies were for business owners who wanted to retire. Recently, there have been a…
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12 Sep 2009People have been doing school fundraisers for a very long time. And it doesn’t matter if it’s to buy new books for the library or to send the band to a competition 300 miles away, some fundraising activities are as traditional as the school song and torturing freshmen.
However, does tradition mean that we should just stick with the same school fundraisers no matter what? Isn’t there something a little more lucrative out there? After all, the idea of a fundraiser may be to get others to donate some money, but those activities still require some initial investments to get things…
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9 Aug 2009For a number of small businesses, factoring has become a way to give them much needed liquidity, which can indeed be a blessing. In this way, they can make much-needed purchases and even make payroll when they have to, even if money is tight.
Accessing liquid funds is probably the most important aspect to this type of funds acquisition, which is factoring. Without cash flow, you as a business cannot survive. This is in fact a fact of life when it comes to running your own business. You have to have access to cash liquidity, and if you don’t,…
In: Fundraising
19 Jul 2009Unfortunately many charities fail to benefit from donations from the National lottery, with the small charities possibly missing out the most. However, today all need not be lost, as a different method of setting up a lottery funding project is now available.
Since 2005 some of the Premier League football clubs have been utilising this method to raise funds for parts of their business. Usually the money raised is used to fund the youth development side of the business where recruitment and coaching of new, up and coming players can be financed.
It is only now though that we see…