Articles by Jill McKnight

December 20, 2019

What Are the Benefits of Vendor Financing?

Acquisition financing (purchasing another business) is not an easy task for any business, but it...

December 20, 2019

Startup Funding Rounds: From Friends and Family to Series B and Beyond

Imagine a startup raising capital as a spacecraft, blasted into space by rockets. As each...

December 20, 2019

Understanding Your Obligations in relation to Mortgages – Mortgagor Perspective

A mortgage is an agreement that sets out the conditional right of ownership of a property or asset by its owner (the mortgagor) to a lender...

September 23, 2019

Business Structure Series: Trust Advantages

It is critical to a new business’ success first to understand the different business structures...

March 27, 2019

What is the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL)?

AVCAL is an association of sophisticated investors (principally private equity and venture capital investors) that...

March 27, 2019

3 Reasons Why Venture Capital Firms are Not the Bad Guys

This article continues our analysis of the “Open Source Seed Financing Documents” released by the Australian...

March 27, 2019

What are the 5 Different Types of Funding for Businesses?

Is your business looking for external investment? With the volume of different funding types available,...

March 27, 2019

What are the AVCAL “Open Source Seed Financing Documents”?

This article opens our analysis of the ‘Open Source Seed Financing Documents’ released by the Australian...

March 27, 2019

3 Reasons AVCAL Documents are Attractive for Startups

Below, we continue our analysis of the “Open Source Seed Financing Documents” released by the...

March 27, 2019

Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos: 5 Lessons for A Founder

Editor’s Note: On September 4 2018, Theranos announced in an email to investors that it...