Everything you need to create a compelling deal! Your business is your future, whether you're starting up or expanding -- but banks and other lending institutions aren't willing to invest in your "unproven" venture. The solution? Friends, family and private investors. With Investors in Your Backyard, you get the information, documents and calculators you need to create a solid agreement that works for everyone. Let it take you through the entire process of raising business capital -- from developing and pitching a financing plan, to signing the paperwork. The included CD-ROM provides a loan request letter, promissory notes, letters of intent, stock purchase agreement, loan repayment calculators and more! Written by Asheesh Advani, whose proven methods for raising business capital have made him a pioneer in small business financing. His company, CircleLending, has set up and managed loans between thousands of relatives, friends and business associates nationwide. (20090101)
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This is an excellent resource to find the information, documents and calculators you need to put a deal together... (The Wall Street Journal 20090101)
I wish that entrepreneurs that pitch our 'business angels' would first listen to Asheesh Advani's commonsense advice about funding their businesses -- great tips, documents and examples. (John May Angel Capital Association 20090101)
Advani gives you the nuts and bolts: evaluating prospects, narrowing the names to a "best bets" list, and negotiating loan terms.... This guide should be as indispensable to the first-time entrepreneur as cockeyed optimism and a calculator. (BusinessWeek 20090101)
The perfect resource for entrepreneurs in search of financing. (Teresa Cuilla Entrepreneur.com 20090101)
A vital resource for entrepreneurs seeking early-stage business financing. This books guides you every step of the way. (David Verrill Hub Angels Investment Group 20090101)
A timely contribution to the topic of small business financing. (Richard Field Mastercard USA 20090101)
Unlike most writing about venture capital and small business financing, this book is simple and practical and full of solutions that will actually apply to real businesses in the real world. (Tim Berry Palo Alto Software )
This book is filled with useful tools, resources, and advice that will help business owners get affordable and flexible financing. (Ken Yancey SCORE )
I wish that entrepreneurs that pitch our 'business angels' would first listen to Asheesh Advani's commonsense advice about funding their businesses -- great tips, documents and examples. (John May Angel Capital Association 20090101)
Advani gives you the nuts and bolts: evaluating prospects, narrowing the names to a "best bets" list, and negotiating loan terms.... This guide should be as indispensable to the first-time entrepreneur as cockeyed optimism and a calculator. (BusinessWeek 20090101)
The perfect resource for entrepreneurs in search of financing. (Teresa Cuilla Entrepreneur.com 20090101)
A vital resource for entrepreneurs seeking early-stage business financing. This books guides you every step of the way. (David Verrill Hub Angels Investment Group 20090101)
A timely contribution to the topic of small business financing. (Richard Field Mastercard USA 20090101)
Unlike most writing about venture capital and small business financing, this book is simple and practical and full of solutions that will actually apply to real businesses in the real world. (Tim Berry Palo Alto Software )
This book is filled with useful tools, resources, and advice that will help business owners get affordable and flexible financing. (Ken Yancey SCORE )
About the Author
Asheesh Advani is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. He pioneered the business of managing person-to-person loans between relatives and friends when he founded CircleLending in 2001, which was acquired by Richard Branson's Virgin Group in 2007. As a columnist for Entrepreneur, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a media commentator. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Time Magazine, and has been profiled on PBS and NPR. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the Wharton School, and is an active member of angel investment groups and Young Presidents Organization.
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Asheesh Advani is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. He pioneered the business of managing person-to-person loans between relatives and friends when he founded CircleLending in 2001, which was acquired by Richard Branson's Virgin Group in 2007. As a columnist for Entrepreneur, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a media commentator. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Time Magazine, and has been profiled on PBS and NPR. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the Wharton School, and is an active member of angel investment groups and Young Presidents Organization.
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I am so thankful to have found this book. The way the author distills down information that I would have otherwise had absolutely no knowledge about is helpful beyond words. It's also nice to pick up a 450 page resource and not be afraid to dive in and use it. Having little icons and images to guide you through the book was also helpful.
It is so packed full of information you might clall it an investors bible. And if seeing all the forms first hand wasn't enough, it also comes with a cd rom with everything you need to make money work for you. I don't get motivated to write reviews very easily, but this book is definitely, as the proverb goes, worth its weight in gold!
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This book is an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs dealing with the age old challenge of raising capital to form or grow a business enterprise. It is very clearly written and is filled with useful, practical and pertinent information and suggestions. The author does an excellent job of framing the issues and exhaustively reviewing the alternatives available to entrepreneurs. I would certainly recommend this book to those considering launching a business - it is sure to open their eyes to ideas and opportunities they had not envisioned.
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Strategies, insights, tools and secrets to obtaining financing without threatening personal relationships,
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INVESTORS IN YOUR BACKYARD: HOW TO RAISE BUSINESS CAPITAL FROM THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW goes beyond most investment or small business guides to tell how to tap into resources of those you know - with respect for all parties and the business under construction. Very few books focus on this aspect of capital and fundraising: INVESTORS IN YOUR BACKYARD offers strategies, insights, tools and secrets to obtaining financing without threatening personal relationships. From preparing a business to attract private financing to developing a loan proposal and documenting agreements and money exchanges, financial calculators and advice provides many options and insights to widen the pool of options and address common issues.
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If you were to ask random people on the street where they thought most small businesses got their start-up money, they'd probably answer, "From banks." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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loan request letter, kitchen table pitch, graduated loan, loan log, separate security agreement, principal amount beginning, professional equity investors, stock purchase agreement, analytical prospect, friend lenders, mixing money, business angel investors, sample promissory note, sample term sheet, time without cost, liquidation event, final due date, financial description, business angels, deferred repayment, material adverse effect, amortized loan, antidilution provisions, friend investors, loan calculators Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Form Your Own Limited Liability Company 4th Edition by Anthony Mancuso on page 35, page 79, and Back Matter
- Your Limited Liability Company: An Operating Manual by Anthony Mancuso on page 291, and Back Matter
- The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide by Peri Pakroo on page 37, and Back Matter
- Tax Deductions for Professionals by Stephen Fishman in Back Matter
- Expiration Date by Justin Curfman in Back Matter
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