About Ivan Widjaya

Ivan Widjaya is the Founder of Funding Note, an online publication offering tips, information and resources on everything related to business funding and financing.

5 Ways to Fund an Ambitious Online Business Venture

It’s good to be ambitious when it comes to a business venture, but it’s also important to stay realistic in regard to the process. Alongside a good hosting provider and a clear goal, you need money to get yourself off [...]

By |2017-12-05T23:49:58+07:00December 5th, 2017|Categories: Raising Capital, Startups|Tags: , |

5 Point Checklist for Securing VC Funding

As your startup continues to grow, it's inevitable that you'll want to secure venture funding to continue on an upward trajectory with your business. While angels are known for cutting checks up to the $100,000 range, VCs will hand over [...]

By |2017-08-16T11:27:58+07:00August 16th, 2017|Categories: Raising Capital|Tags: , |

3 Bootstrapping Tips to Quickly Get a New Startup in the Black

Bootstrapping falls somewhere in the top 3 list of most common ways that startups choose to fund their business. While this frugal practice can't possibly guarantee you success in the end, it's certainly a great way to keep an equity [...]

By |2017-08-16T11:28:20+07:00August 4th, 2017|Categories: Raising Capital|

Unique and Creative Ways to Get Funds for Your Business

If you are trying to run a small business, you have probably already come across a number of different obstacles. Small businesses are hard to get off the ground and even harder to keep running, but they can be extremely [...]

By |2017-05-06T08:50:31+07:00May 6th, 2017|Categories: Raising Capital|Tags: , |

How Angels Ensure the Highest ROI Possible

Angels are a unique breed when it comes to investors. They're usually self-made, make decisions mostly based on their gut feelings about a given opportunity, and are often considered more approachable than the big bad venture capitalist sharks of the [...]

By |2017-04-05T17:06:43+07:00April 5th, 2017|Categories: Investing|Tags: , |

Corporate vs. Private VC: What are the Similarities and Differences?

In total, some $56-billion dollars was invested into the North American startup economy by VCs in 2016 (data is accurate as of October 2016.) Numbers don't lie and those are big numbers! Venture capitalists are definitely a large part of [...]

By |2017-01-06T20:24:23+07:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: Guides|Tags: , , |

5 Ways to Secure Working Capital When Investors Say No

Working capital is a sure sign of a company's health. When this particular health marker is low or nil, a company isn't able to keep up with their short term expenses and monthly bills (ie., accounting liquidity). Investors Not Likely [...]

By |2017-01-06T19:57:29+07:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Raising Capital|Tags: |

New Startup Investing Platform: Is AngelList’s Republic Right for Your Company?

Republic is a recently released startup investing platform. It's an offshoot of the popular AngelList crowdfunding platform. The goal with this particular platform is to take the Silicon Valley successes that AngelList has helped to achieve and make it more [...]

By |2017-01-06T19:57:29+07:00October 24th, 2016|Categories: Funding Platforms|Tags: , , , |
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