February 13th, 2018
Let’s say once you have a few sales of your manufactured product under your belt, you approach an angel investor and ask for an…
August 25th, 2016
Last week on Maker’s Row Live we had the pleasure of talking to two great guests: Avi Levine of Star Funding and Charlie Morris of Fanmail. The discussion centered around funding for a…
February 5th, 2016
Chances are if you are reading the Maker’s Row blog you have been there before or you are there right now. Leaving a full-time job to…
January 28th, 2016
It’s the only thing you pay for that you hope you never have to use and the type of thing you only think about when you need to use it….
December 14th, 2015
I’ve spoken before about the “Maker’s Catch-22.” In short, you have to sell widgets in order to make money, but you need money…
November 18th, 2015
I can’t go back to having a regular job. Sure, entrepreneurship has its up and downs, but it’s addicting and never boring. Most…
September 6th, 2015
Fundraising is fun when you start to get the relationships and the partners to help scale your business. But… walking into your first…
July 18th, 2015
You’ve had the lightbulb moment – the idea that you know you’ll do anything to bring to fruition. But what does ‘anything’ entail? How do you secure funding? Should you take out a loan?…
July 9th, 2015
You’ve been bootstrapping for months, depleting your savings to make this whole…
June 9th, 2015
How do I raise money to grow my business? It’s the question that keeps you up at night. Well, we’ve done the dirty work for you, thoroughly investigating the avenues worth pursuing. Here are the…
May 19th, 2015
All truly successful business owners understand that their success is based on a simple…
May 6th, 2015
I get many emails daily from people who are about to launch Kickstarter projects and it’s absolutely thrilling to help out fellow…
May 1st, 2014
We all know that crowdfunding is a great way to fund a business. Yes, you need to put energy and resources into fulfilling the incentives…
February 24th, 2014
Finding money to pay for new inventory is arguably the most challenging financial aspect of running a product-based business. It’s the…