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New Venture Lab Member AgStrong Wins Whole Foods Supplier Award
I was pleased to get the call recently from New Venture Lab member Robert Bruce Davis that his company, AgStrong, was awarded the Whole Foods Market Outstanding Innovator Award, one of only ten supplier awards announced this week. For many New Venture Lab members, AgStrong will be a •••
- May 10, 2013
Join Us in Birmingham for the Doing Business in the New Normal Conference
February 19, 2013 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham. More details... •••
- January 14, 2013
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 7
In our previous posts, we've talked about three tectonic shifts that define our current context; two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession; the stresses in our current recession, the winning strategy; a strategic framework we •••
- November 5, 2012
Raising Small Amounts of Capital
One of the most frequent questions we get at New Venture Lab is how to raise relatively small amounts of capital. The amount sought from NVL members usually ranges from $25k to $500k. Believe it or not, raising small amounts of capital is actually harder than raising large amounts of •••
- November 1, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 6
In our previous posts, we've talked about three tectonic shifts that define our current context, two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession, the stresses in our current recession, the winning strategy, •••
- October 29, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 5
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at three tectonic shifts that define our current context, in Part 2 we looked at two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession, Part 3 we looked at the stresses in our current recession •••
- October 24, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 4
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at three tectonic shifts that define our current context, in Part 2, we looked at two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession, and in Part 3 we looked at the stresses in our current recession to get a •••
- October 15, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 3
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at three tectonic shifts that define our current context and in Part 2 of this series, we looked at two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession. In this post, we will look at the •••
- October 13, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at three tectonic shifts that define our current context. In this post, we will look at two insights based upon rigorous analysis of what happens before, during, and after a recession.Insight #1 – According to analysis by the Boston Consulting Group, •••
- October 2, 2012
How to Grow Your Business in a Downturn - Part 1
In order for us to fully understand the state of the “new normal” for business and how that impacts how we can grow our companies in a downturn I’d like to start out this blog series by looking at the current context, then we will look at some stunning insights into what happens before, •••
- October 1, 2012
The Ideal Business Plan for Investors
One of the most frequent questions we get on New Venture Lab is how to raise capital for a startup in amounts that range from $5k to $1m. This stage of business development and investing is typically funded by personal savings (at the lower end of that range), friends and family (the next •••
- September 24, 2012
Venture Capital Returns Outperform Public Equities
Venture Capital as an asset class has outperformed the public stock market average return by 3.1x over a 20-year time horizon according to the National Venture Capital Association and analysis by the Cambridge Associates based upon data from 1,327 U.S. venture capital funds and their pooled •••
- September 21, 2012
More Feedback from the Entrepreneur's Conference at Raleigh Durham
From my inbox:"Christ was clearly evident at this conference. The speakers were transparent about their struggles, successes, and their efforts to apply their faith to their business. I found it encouraging to here from entrepreneurs who have sought to incorporate a witness for Christ into •••
- September 20, 2012
Feedback from the Entrepreneur's Conference at Raleigh Durham
From my inbox:"I wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights during yesterday's Entrepreneur's Conference. I especiallyappreciate your use of case studies as learning opportunities. You gave me valuable take aways; some of which I have already been •••
- September 19, 2012
Join Us on the Doing Business in the New Normal Conference Tour
The "Doing Business in the New Normal" conference tour continues after a successful debut in Lancaster, PA. Please join us in Durham, NC on September 18th, Atlanta on October 23rd, and Birmingham on February 19th. Crown Financial Ministries and Hope •••
- August 20, 2012
A New Version of the Startup Financial Model is Now Available
We are pleased to announce a new easier-to-use and more powerful Startup Financial ModelThe new enhancements in the model include the following:All assumptions and model inputs are now on one Assumptions worksheet with a simple step-by-step process that walks you through how to input your •••
- August 18, 2012
I'm Not Convinced That Crowd Funding Works for Startups
The concept of crowd funding and Christian crowd funding in particular seems to be a hot topic right now as several NVL members have asked me about it recently. So here goes…I think crowd funding like Kickstarter works well for small projects where the “investors” get a CD, MP3, •••
- August 16, 2012
Entrepreneurship 101 with Julia and Maria
An opportunity arose several years ago to teach a very young Julia and Maria (my two oldest daughters) when my in-laws announced a large garage sale at their nearby upscale home. My creative wife kicked into high gear with a project to teach our daughters an entrepreneurial lesson by selling •••
- August 6, 2012
Christian-Led Companies Outperform Secular Companies
A study comparing the C12 Group member companies performance against 350 secular U.S. companies from research sponsored by The Business Roundtable revealed a significant performance advantage for the average C12 company versus their non-C12 peers over a ten-year period (as seen in our •••
- August 4, 2012
Sales Pipeline Management Video from the Venture Academy
One of hundreds of video segments that is part of an online Christian mini-MBA entrepreneurship course available at Venture Academy Online •••
- August 3, 2012
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