An Introduction to Investor Pitches
You’ve filled out all the paperwork, organized all your patents, developed your prototypes, and maybe started selling products. Your company has reached the point where if you want to get Continue Reading →
Category: Start-ups
Information about Emory based start-ups or helpful information related to start-ups in general.
The Small Business Administration: Its Resources and Opportunities
Getting a startup off the ground is a grueling task. What’s harder is working through the process alone. Luckily, the US federal government recognizes the value in entrepreneurship and as Continue Reading →
Business Plan Example
This is the companion post to our introduction to business plans, you can find that post here. Executive Summary MotionBud Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a practical and portable non-pharmaceutical Continue Reading →
Getting Started with a Business Plan
A business plan outlines a company’s goals and the strategies by which it achieves these goals. Typically, a business plan consists of: a) an executive summary, b) a description of Continue Reading →
Corporate Structures for the Newbie
Choosing a corporate structure isn’t just an exercise in paperwork – it determines the company’s tax status, as well as its relationship to potential investors and managers. In this regard, Continue Reading →
The OTT POC Fund: A Little Goes a Long Way
What’s one of the biggest hurdles to startup success? Finding enough money to start. Seed funding is absolutely critical to getting new technologies on the market. It’s the money that Continue Reading →
Crowdfunding Your Start-up? Be Wary.
Crowdfunding has been all the rage for years now. Take Ouya or the Pebble Watch, for example, which raised millions of dollars within a matter of weeks. The product-based platforms Continue Reading →
Monte Eaves’ a Kauffman Success Story
Monte Eaves is a professor of surgery at Emory University and Medical Director at Emory Aesthetic Center. He is also the man behind EMRGE, a company developing products that are Continue Reading →
Venture Funding, Tranches, What?
Every start-up wants to become the next verb. “She definitely Photoshopped that image.” “Do you think we can Uber home from here?” “Here, let me Google that for you.” But Continue Reading →
What is an IPO?
In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg opened his private company to the public. In the company’s initial public offering (IPO), $16 billion of stock were bought as investors sought to value the Continue Reading →