How can I make my business attractive for securing venture capital investment?

I’ve never raised investment before, but from speaking to a handful of friends and my accountant I’m confident that the progress of my business means that it is ready for venture capital funding and I’m keen to accelerate growth. Without revealing too much about the business, it is in its third year, has a turnover of £2.3m and profits of £600,000. My long-term plan is to roll it out...

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I'm worried that my investments are above the £50k compensation limit, can I buy insurance to protect me?

By Marc Shoffman for The MailOnline culled from:http://www.thisismoney.co.uk I want to make sure my investments are protected and I know that £50,000 of money invested with each investing platform or fund house is covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. But how can I protect amounts above this limit? +1 Protected: The Financial Services Compensation Scheme protects...

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Recruiting? Publish Your Salary Range, Already!

Liz Ryan Contributor culled from:http://www.forbes.com I don’t understand why every employer doesn’t list its hiring salary range in every single job ad. What are they trying to save, a few thousand dollars? Put the salary level in the job ad already! A job ad is the first way a lot of people encounter the organizations they end up working for. They want to know...

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Don’t waste your time in crappy startup jobs.

by michaelochurch culled from:wordpress.com What I’m about to say is true now, as of July 2012. It wasn’t necessarily true 15 years ago, and it may not be true next year. Right now, for most people, it’s utterly correct– enough that I feel compelled to say it. The current VC-funded startup scene, which I’ve affectionately started calling “VC-istan”, is– not to be soft with it– a total waste...

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Advice and How-Tos Why You Can’t Get A Job … Recruiting Explained By the Numbers

by Dr. John Sullivan culled from:http://www.ere.net Is your “six seconds of fame” enough to land you a job? As a professor and a corporate recruiting strategist, I can tell you that very few applicants truly understand the corporate recruiting process. Most people looking for a job approach it with little factual knowledge. That is a huge mistake. A superior approach is to instead...

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