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What is corporate venturing?

Vulture Capitalist

Oct. 12, 2010

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Oct. 9, 2010

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What is Regulation S-K?

Oct. 8, 2010

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What is a Form S-1?

Form S-1 is an SEC form. It is used to initially register a new security with the agency. Companies must provide information on the form that includes a business model and plans for any proceeds. more

Oct. 8, 2010

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What is a Down Round?

A down round is one of financing where investors buy stock from a company at a decreased valuation than the valuation set on the company by previous investors. more

Oct. 7, 2010

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What is a silent partner?

Oct. 7, 2010

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What is a Series A Preferred Stock?

Series A preferred stock is a first issue of special class of shares sold by a company. It often offers a dividend payment to the bearer, and is ranked higher than common stock but lower than bonds. more

Series A Preferred Stock

What is a Free cash flow?

Oct. 5, 2010

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Free cash flow is referred to as dedicated funds a company has dedicated to making acquisitions, buying back company stock, reducing corporate debts and investing in the development of new and innovative products and processes. more

Oct. 5, 2010

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What is Allocation?

Allocation refers to the limited amount of resource distribution based upon a variety of variables, such as quarterly time periods, operations of a specific factory or financial investments made towards the funding of what is being distributed. more

Oct. 3, 2010

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What is Burn Rate?

Burn Rate refers to the rate at which a company spends their money. It can often be crucial in analyzing a troubled company to know their burn rate so you can see if they have enough money to withstand troubled times. more

Oct. 2, 2010

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What is a venture capital firm?

Sept. 30, 2010

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What is a Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)?

PIPE transactions permit investors to buy â€?restrictedâ€? securities at a discount to or at a premium to current market prices. Shares cannot be resold until the issuer registers them with the Securities Exchange Commission. more

Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)

A warrant is a type of security or certificate that allows the buyer to purchase shares of stock at a specific price at some point in the future. Warrants are similar to call options, however, warrants are issued by private institutions, and have longer life ... more

Sept. 30, 2010

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Sept. 28, 2010

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What are Warrants?

Sept. 28, 2010

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What is Post-Money Valuation?

Sept. 28, 2010

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What is a Call right?

Sept. 26, 2010

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What are Strategic Investors?

Stategic investors are individuals or companies that invest in funds or companies, but also provide value to the company by providing it with experience, market knowledge, or contacts. more

Sept. 25, 2010

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What is perfect competition?

Perfect Competition is a theoretical type of market where there are infinite buyers and sellers, zero barriers to entry or exit, no transaction costs, homogeneous products, and all parties in the market have perfect information. more

What are Golden Handcuffs?

Economics

Perfect Competition

Sept. 24, 2010

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What are Exiting climates?

Exiting climates refers to the exit strategy of the owner of a business. An owner may be able to leave a company through three methods. This includes merging, selling, and closing. It may be done when the owner wishes to retire. more

Sept. 21, 2010

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What is a Pre-Money Valuation?

Pre-money valuation is a term commonly used to represent the value of a company prior to it going public. Companies looking to go public make estimates of company value through management and venture capitalists.. more

Sept. 20, 2010

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What is venture capital?

What is the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)?

Sept. 20, 2010

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The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) was created in 1982 to oversee the distribution of grants and contracts for research of new technologies by small businesses which may be considered to high risk for private investment. more

Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)

What is the Securities Act of 1933?

Sept. 20, 2010

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The Securities Act of 1933 was the first major piece of federal legislation aimed at regulation of the offer and sale of securities. This act was passed in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929. Prior to that time, regulation of securities was ... more

Securities Act of 1933

What is a merchant account provider?

Sept. 20, 2010

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Sept. 20, 2010

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A merchant account provider is a bank or another financial institution that provides merchant accounts allowing users to perform transactions. They do so for a fee or for the right to collect debt on the credit card owner. more

Sept. 19, 2010

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What is an Underwater Option?

The underwater option refers to an option that has no money and no real intrinsic value to it. The only value is time. Call options can become underwater options if the exercise price is worth more than it's underlying contract's current price. more

Underwater Option