Raise Money Without a Bank Or a VC, Through The Crowd!For many startups and growing companies, gaining marketing exposure and raising external funding from investors are #1 and #2 on their priority list. But, until recently, they were always separate activities - first you would raise the money, and then you would spend it on marketing.The advent of equity crowdfunding means these two critical tasks can be done at the same time. This is a game-changer....

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification. For many insect pests, there is now almost unlimited ability to modify phenotypes to benefit human health and agriculture. Precise DNA modifications and gene drive have the power to make wild-type populations less harmful in ways that could never have been performed with previous tr...

The new digital assets for instant, global value transfer.Borderless. Universal access. Free from gatekeepers, central authorities and middlemen.Anyone with an interest in technology and their own financial future needs to understand this new age of cryptocurrency and cryptoassets.'The Crypto Intro' is your ultimate guide to understanding and using crypto.No prior knowledge assumed.Discover:Why crypto matters: the problems that crypto s...

Launch The Next Big Thing With The Crowd!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This Is The Ultimate Playbook For Crowdfunding Creators.Rewards crowdfunding offers amazing potential for creators, but it is also a very steep learning curve. Many creators start out with no idea how to build a crowd, craft their pitch, or what to do to drive visitors to their offer page and get them to become backers.In this step-by-step guide, you will learn:✅ What rewards crowdfunding is, and how it w...

Even more of the people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You may know the names already: the Italian Game, the Cambridge Springs Defense, the Smith-Morra Gambit, the Max Lange Attack, the Colle System, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, the Paulsen Variation, the Damiano Defense, and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are.In this entertaining boo...

For many startups and growing companies, gaining marketing exposure and raising external funding from investors are #1 and #2 on their priority list. But, until recently, they were always separate activities - first you would raise the money, and then you would spend it on marketing.The advent of equity crowdfunding means these two critical tasks can be done at the same time.Unlike venture capital, the company founders get to set their own offer terms, retain their company ...

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are often deeply connected to the lives of the leading chess grandmasters, the histori...

Companies of all sizes have been initiating international transactions--mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and private placements--in record numbers. Targeted due diligence is crucial to effectively research, value, and complete these complex deals. With an evolving climate of uncertainty and new, unpredictable threats to business, it is more essential than ever before.Due Diligence for Global Deal Making is an invaluable guidebook for companies...

Secure venture capital? Easy.Getting a business up and running or pushing a brilliant product to the marketplace requires capital. For many entrepreneurs, a lack of start-up capital can be the single biggest roadblock to their dreams of success and fortune. Venture Capital For Dummies takes entrepreneurs step by step through the process of finding and securing venture capital for their own projects.Find and secure venture capital for your bus...

This revised and updated edition of Nesheim's underground Silicon Valley bestseller incorporates twenty-three case studies of successful start-ups, including tables of wealth showing how much money founders and investors realized from each venture.The phenomenal success of the initial public offerings (IPOs) of many new internet companies obscures the fact that fewer than six out of 1 million business plans submitted to venture capital firms will ever reach the IPO...

People who buy an established business have a much higher rate of success than those who start one. But business ownership is not for everyone. Insider Tips on Buying a Business in Canada will help you to decide if it is for you and if so, show you how to buy the right business for the right price and terms. Sunbelt Canada president Greg Kells has seen small business from every angle—as entrepreneur, partner, consultant, business broker and valuator. Over the many years he...

The easy way to get started in crowdfund investingCrowdfund investing (CFI) is going to be the next big thing on Wall Street. U.S. investment banks, brokerage houses, and law firms are gearing up for the creation and regulation of new financial products that will be available to the general public starting in early 2013. The introduction of these products will revolutionize the financing of small businesses and startups for these key reasons:Entrepreneurs and small bu...