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		<title>What is involved in securing venture capital?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs and business owners have great business ideas but often they do not have the capital to complete their transaction.  They spend a lot of time searching for angel investors, seed capital, early stage financing, mezzanine financing.  The cheapest way to start a business is to beg borrow from family, friends and use the equity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Firms are looking to investor your buy your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private Equity Groups have not been hard-hit by the credit crunch or the stock market decline. They have capital to invest and are looking for business acquisitions. One of the major market shifts for the acquisition of privately held companies has been the growth in the number of Private Equity Groups (PEGs) over the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start up businesses &#8211; how do you value them when you are looking for equity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to value a company.   Some people use a multiple of normalized earnings. There are different multiples for different types of businesses and different locations of businesses.  A business may have a higher multiple in a big city vs a town.    The multiple also changes depending on what part of the country you are [...]]]></description>
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