Written by Advisor on 25 November 2010
Business Angels provide business funding from private, unregulated sources. This could satisfy a need for capital investment that cannot be raised personally by the business owners themselves, or raised by way of loans from banks etc. Business angels funding is money that investors put into a private company in return for a shares in the ownership of the business. It is also called ‘equity finance’ and because this type of finance is reliant on shares of the company being used as equity, it is not available to businesses that operate as sole trader or partnership.
Business Angels are usually wealthy people with a high net worth, they are private individuals, or groups of investors, looking for opportunities to invest money in businesses with the aim of making a substantial financial return.
A typical, business angel may have owned their own successful business in the past, or they may be experienced executives who have been made redundant and wish to find another job by investing in to someone else’s business as a business angel.
Business angels often invest in businesses during the start up or expansion period and they may invest either alone or as part of a syndicate. As well as money to invest, they often have a wealth of commercial experience and, if they have earned their wealth by building businesses themselves, they may also bring their contacts with them.
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Written by Advisor on 25 November 2010
A website designer creates the web pages that make up a website. These can satisfy a variety of functions, from providing basic information about your business, its products and services to enabling customers to buy online and contact details. Many website designers can handle all aspects of website development work involving search facilities, complex graphics, multimedia advertisements, blogs and dynamic news pages, databases and search engine optimisation.
You should be thinking of hiring a website designer if you are looking for help toward any of the following:
• A basic website that introduces your business, its products and contact details.
• An online shop so customers can order and buy goods online.
• Design of an online database for easy access to information relevant to your business.
• Design of an elaborate, graphical or interactive site to promote specific new products or services.
• Update an existing website that you have that is out of date.
• Maintain and repair any existing your websites problems.
• Register domain name or names for you.
• Make sure that your website is accessible to visitors with disabilities.
• Host your website on a secure reliable server.
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