Posts Tagged ‘venture capital’
RER-1751-California opening, and rates are going up. What will this do for housing?
It’s been happening for a while, but you could unofficially call 2020 the year people wanted to leave California. We saw the economy have a massive run up coupled with crazy low interest rates that made it too tempting to buy no matter the cost. Joe Cucchiara and Jack Russo team up to discuss how…
Read MoreRERL-1748- How Does the Election Impact Real Estate Investors?
As an industry, the National Association of Realtors is a strong lobbying body in Congress, but in one week, a new administration will take office. Regardless of the NAR’s power, many things will officially begin to change starting January 20th and smart investors will start planning for new changes. Joe Cucchiara asks Jack Russo what…
Read MoreRERL-1727-Growing Your Business – Litigation Finance – Large Growth
Go back 100 years and the law was against lawyers advertising and finding third parties to finance cases. Even contingent fees were scrutinized to dissuade lawyers from pursuing costly litigation. Though things changed in the 1980’s, lawyers still spend much of their time playing the role of peace maker as most cases cannot afford to…
Read MoreRERL-1647- Growing Your Business – Leveraging without Venture Capital
Venture capital the best way for businesses to grow their business, but some entrepreneurs think otherwise. While it is certainly tough, there are benefits to growing organically and accepting the challenges that come with low funding. Slowed growth forces you to really listen to what your customers want and then find a way to creatively…
Read MoreRERL-1646-Growing Your Business – Financing Alternatives
No one is quite sure what it is about Silicon Valley, but it just keeps attracting risk-taking entrepreneurs who are not afraid of failure. Throw in a few tech powerhouses and you have the greatest density of innovation culture that would be virtually impossible for any city to recreate. Silicon Valley is full of stories…
Read MoreRERL-1572-What to do When the Bank Calls Your Business Loan
By now hopefully you’ve gotten some cash flow coming and it’s time to put the gas pedal down harder and lever up your business. In fact your deposits may have grown large enough that the bank will recognize you as a real company and offer you a secured line of credit! Without even realizing it…
Read MoreRERL-1502-Starting Something In Silicon Valley –Part XI
So many things need to be taken into consideration when building a business that fatigue can easily set in and cause motivation to slip away from hungry entrepreneurs. Most entrepreneurs know they will face many challenges along the way and keeping the fire burning ultimately plays a bigger role in success than consumer think. Today…
Read MoreRERL-1496-Starting Something In Silicon Valley –Part IX
Bank financing marks the beginning of a whole new chapter for each startup. The idea may seem a bit daunting at first considering many small businesses need two to three years before they begin seeing profits. Why would any bank consider lending money in this situation? Banks will look at every document discussed in shows…
Read MoreRERL-1493- Starting Something in Silicon Valley –Part VIII
We’re at podcast number 8 of our Starting Something series and its starting to feel like we’re just about done building our company. In fact the only thing you’d think we need right now are maybe a few customers! Today Joe and Jack Russo cover the often tricky customer agreements that define your business’s relationship with…
Read MoreRERL-1491-Starting Something In Silicon Valley –Part VII
It’s quite hard to believe how far we’ve come these past two months in the Starting Something series. So far Jack Russo has taken us from the idea phase, to the startup, to raising capital and it seems we’re finally ready to take the next step. Today Joe and Jack tackle different contract classes and attacking…
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