Category Archives: Business Strategy

Business Strategy, Finance, Start-ups, Venture Capital

Private Equity Finance for Business

Sometimes buying a new business isn’t what you’re looking to do. There’s a lot to go through and even more to figure out. However, you can also buy companies that are in trouble and make them into something better. This may seem difficult, but with enough investors, it can become quite the venture.

Private equity is pretty much when you invest in a company with very little money, or that is going bankrupt. You now own a piece of it and are responsible for it. On the other hand, you also have the potential to make the business sink or swim. This means that you are also responsible for repaying any loans you and the other investors take out for the benefit of the business.

You can take something that was previously failing and make it into a better company than it was before. However, to do this, you need adequate private equity funding. But also keep in mind that this isn’t a one person venture. You need help financially and to have other investors willing to help you along with enough funding to completely renovate and fix the business you are investing in. There are several ways to come across enough money in order to do so. One way is loans. Continue reading →

Business Strategy, Start-ups, Venture Capital

How Can I Contact Angel Investors?

Many entrepreneurs and small business owners are looking for an angel investor to help expand their business. But angel investors are not easy to find without some help. Here are some tips to contacting angel investors:

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Advertising, Business Strategy, Innovation, Internet, MyOrbit Blogs, Online Marketing, Sales & Marketing, Start-ups

Search Engine Marketing update: Google Instant

Hello Folks, you may have started seeing the latest update in Google search engine. Its called Google Instant.

Since many companies and professionals have used MyOrbit services for their online business, I wanted to share this with you. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/sep/09/google-instant-effect-on-seo

What is clear is that Google wants to offer long-tail keywords to users as early as possible in the search process.

For example, along with the keyword: “Hair Transplant Surgery Cost”, people will also see options like: “how much does hair transplant surgery cost”, and the latter phrase will now receive many clicks too, even though its hardly a keyword in today’s internet marketing book.

Earlier such a longer sentence or question would have received very few direct clicks because people won’t type long text, but people can surely select longer text if its offered as a drop-down like it is being done now, thereby generating more exposure/visits to web content built on long tail keywords than today.

In addition, Google has been working hard to improve “personalization”, which means they want to show you things relevant to your search profile based on past searches, geography, etc.

What does it mean for website owners and SEO? I believe websites that cover their topic thoroughly using all possible keywords and their natural expressions will ultimately come out winners.

We will study this further to see how Google Instant can be used for our work, and will share the learning with you. Meanwhile all basic SEO work should continue because that is essential to get started in the search engine indexing game.

Best Wishes,
Shankar

Business Strategy, Start-ups, Venture Capital

How to Attract an Angel Investor

Angel investors provide financing that bridges the gap between self-funding and getting capital from a financial institution. Generally, angel investors fund start-ups with the hope of earning big rewards.

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Business Development, Business Services, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Venture Capital

Who Becomes an Angel Investor & Why? Kiyosaki Recommends it, So Why Don’t More Millionaires Do It?

For a startup company, Angel Investors can be considered the entrepreneur’s best friend, their saving grace, their answer to a prayer. Some say they are called “angels” because they are an answer to the entrepreneur’s prayer for money to get their business launched, or to respond to accelerated growth, or to bridge the capital divide and reach profitability.

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