Blog Category: Startups

Discover invaluable insights, practical tips, and expert advice to help you turn your innovative ideas into reality. Learn how to build a strong foundation and scale your business for sustainable growth.

What is an LLC? How to start an LLC?

An LLC, or limited liability company, is a popular choice for small business owners due to its protection against personal liability, flexibility in management, and tax advantages. Knowing the disadvantages and advantages of LLC formation and the steps to start one is crucial for business success.  Limited liability companies are required to submit annual beneficial … Continued

Eqvista Partner Program: Supporting Your Company at Every Stage

Starting a business is no easy feat; there are many obstacles to overcome along the way. Our concept is to give entrepreneurs the resources and connections they need to succeed in today’s cutthroat business climate.  Whether it’s building a strong base during the start-up period, understanding complicated legal issues, or driving expansion with finance and … Continued

SEC Adopts New Private Equity Regulations

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially issued new rules on August 23, 2023, referred to as Final Rules, to restructure the regulatory environment for institutional investors and private fund advisors. Although these regulations are less in scope than those proposed in early 2022, they still significantly affect the private equity sector.  By doing … Continued

Rise of the SaaS Marketplace: What It Is and Why It Matters?

The concept of “Software as a Service” (SaaS) dates back to the floppy drives and Windows 98 era. However, in the last 30 years, SaaS has expanded exceptionally. SaaS has to reinvent itself by merging its marketplace capabilities, and businesses need to use SaaS-enabled markets (SEMs) for growth, client acquisition, and competitive advantage. According to … Continued

All You Need to Know About Partnership Buyouts

Partnership buyout financing is difficult to arrange for small and medium-sized firms that have never done so before. It is sometimes the last unavoidable resort to make a business work. There are several reasons why a buyout happens: the partner may be retiring voluntarily, or the conflict between the partners began affecting business operations. Keeping … Continued

Why Fintech Mergers and Acquisitions Are On The Rise?

The world of finance has changed due to the digital ecosystem. Mergers and acquisitions have significantly increased as part of the trend of collaboration and partnerships that have evolved during this shift. Several factors have contributed to this. Technology advancement has been the key factor. The cost of converting legacy systems to digitally-native platforms has … Continued

What is a Stealth Startup?

There is cutthroat competition in the startup industry. Many startups fail miserably at a significant rate. A content site for startup founders, Failory, states that 10% of new businesses fail in the first year. This statistic is astounding, and many business owners ultimately fail to surpass it. Occasionally, people opt to form a startup that … Continued

How to Launch a Community-Led Startup?

Communities are the new superheroes of the startup world. Entrepreneurs and businesses are discovering that building a community first is the quickest method to introduce and market their product to an existing audience. Building a community first is the secret to success. This is demonstrated by businesses like Clubhouse, TikTok, and Stack Overflow, where engineers … Continued

A Beginner Guide to Financial Securities: Types and Features

Oftentimes, when we hear the word “financial securities” we tend to associate that with shares, but the list goes on and includes several additional financial instruments. Financial security, in basic terms, can be any financial instrument that has a monetary value such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, etc. Basically, in the financial world, security … Continued

Top 25 Private Equity Firms

Private equity firms attract investors like bees to a flower because they provide higher returns than public stock markets. The year 2021 was a watershed year for the private equity market as investment volume topped the trillion mark for the first time in history. The overall value of all 24,520 agreements concluded was $1.04 trillion, … Continued

Guide to Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) enables groups of people with similar interests (businesses, non-profits, etc.) to run their organization without a hierarchical authority figure and instead through decentralized governance. Members of the DAO can work together to run the entity in complete transparency. The organization’s rules are encoded in a transparent computer program, and members … Continued

How does Opportunity Cost work in a business?

The opportunity cost in business can be understood in terms of potential gains or profits an entrepreneur forgoes by making one choice over another. Due to the increasing possibilities to spend, save, or invest in a business, entrepreneurs need a precise way to compare their options to stay within their budgets. This is where analyzing … Continued

Eqvista Rewind: Looking Back at 2022

Since 2018, we have worked hard to provide an equity management solution that’s easy to use and also offer high quality professional business valuation services to our clients. In a span of 4 years, we have reached our biggest year yet and achieve milestones we couldn’t imagine. From increasing our revenue by quadruple, to having … Continued

Profit Interest: A Complete Guide for Startups

Profit interest is an incentive that gives owners the right to a share of the business’s potential earnings. It is a wonderful way to keep talented employees and encourage them to put more effort into the company’s growth. A business grows when it makes more profit. The increased profit translates into the profit interest, and … Continued

Exit Timing of Startups by Industry

A startup exit strategy is something that founders must pay attention to in the initial stages of the business. Even though it may seem harsh, 90% of companies fail, and every business is in danger of becoming one of them. Failure is a real possibility for any company. A startup might fail for various reasons, … Continued

Top Shark Tank Deals of All Time

For those who are typically interested in entrepreneurship, the first thing that comes to mind is the show Shark Tank. The goal of the show, put simply, is to help entrepreneurs receive funding for their ideas from a group of potential investors called “Sharks”. This super hit reality TV show has already aired around 200 … Continued

Highest Return on Equity by Sectors in the USA

Return on equity (ROE) is a statistic that tells investors how well a firm is using the capital that its shareholders have invested in it. More specifically, it tells investors how effectively the management team is using that capital. In other words, return on equity (ROE) assesses a company’s profitability in relation to the equity … Continued

What is Incorporation and Why is it Important for Business?

Incorporation is the act of establishing a new business as a separate legal entity. Basically, it is a legal process in order to form a corporate entity or a company. You might be wondering why you would ever want to incorporate a business. Well, an incorporated business has a separate legal identity from its owners … Continued

Why Do Businesses Need A Limited Partnership Agreement?

Every business owner dreams of seeing their business grow, or even unicorn startups, firms, companies, and corporations do dream of such before their business becomes a unicorn. These business owners are open to any partnership, especially limited partnerships aiming to grow the business to execute its potential and their partnerships by limited partners. As a … Continued

Successful Bootstrapped Startups that got Acquired

Bootstrapping is likely to be found in almost any successful company’s history. Before taking venture money or other types of outside financing, many of these enterprises are totally self-funded. Entrepreneurs who started their companies from the bottom up are a rare breed. To start a business and carry it through to completion, you’ll need a … Continued

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