Emerging Business

Emerging Business News of the Week – 7/31/17

* Back To The Bootstrap – Living Without Series A Funding  [Forbes] * Starbucks to Close All 379 Teavana Stores  [Inc] * Tesla’s Model 3 Arrives With a Surprise 310-Mile Range  [Businessweek] * Cigarettes May Soon Have Too Little Nicotine to Be Addictive, FDA Says  [Fortune] * Dear Floyd Mayweather, You’re Why the SEC Exists  […]

July 30, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Addiction, Bootstrapping, Cigarettes, EB News, Initial Coin Offering, Raising Capital, SEC, Series A, Starbucks, Tesla Model 3

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 6/20/16

*  Nine Business Leaders Share The Best Lessons They Received From Their Fathers  [FastCompany] *  6 Things Your Investors Are Thinking While Listening to Your Pitch  [Entrepreneur] *  8 Caffeine-Infused Products That Could Replace Your Morning Coffee  [Inc] * How A Former Corporate Attorney Wound Up Planning Revival Of $12M Chicken-And-Biscuits Chain  [Forbes] *  Philadelphia’s […]

June 19, 2016 | 1 min read | Tagged: Caffeine Products, EB News, Lessons from Fathers, Mrs. Winner's, Pitch, Raising Capital, Soda Tax

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 11/16/15

* Why Equity Crowdfunding May Not Be A Panacea For Startups Looking For Capital  [PhoenixBusinessJournal] * Take Two: Can Your Second Career Act Be Successful?  [Forbes] * Startup CEOs Reveal The 1 Question They Ask Every Job Candidate  [Entrepreneur] * The Drop Out Club Thousands of Doctors Want to Join  [CNNMoney] * The Culling of […]

November 15, 2015 | 1 min read | Tagged: Crowdfunding, Doctors, Drop Out Club, EB News, Entrepreneurism, Hiring, Raising Capital, Unicorns, Valuations

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week for 6/29/15

* Billionaire Sam Adams Founder Says 3 Harvard Degrees Didn’t Prepare Him To Be an Entrepreneur  [AOL] * Daymond John: How I Spot Winners  [Inc] * How 3 Entrepreneurs Went From Welfare to a Multi-Million Dollar Business in 5 Years  [Entrepreneur] * SEC Approves Tweeting By Startups to Test Investor Interest  [Businessweek] * Richard Branson […]

June 28, 2015 | 1 min read | Tagged: Daymond John, EB News, Entrepreneur, Harvard, Raising Capital, RIchard Branson, Sam Adams, Tweeting, Zaycon Fresh

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 6/1/15

* The War on Big Food  [Fortune] * Look For Many “Mini-IPOs” When Regulation A+ Takes Effect In Mid-June  [Forbes] * Sun Microsystems Founder Takes Helm at Denver Startup  [UpstartBusinessJournal] * 18 Small Business Survey Results Summarized  [Inc] * 8 Best Practices To Seek Funding From Family, Friends and Fools  [Entrepreneur]

June 1, 2015 | 1 min read | Tagged: Angel Investors, Big Food, EB News, Organics, Raising Capital, Reg A+, Scott McNealy, Small Business, Wayin

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Brian J. Burt Partner