Finance

Akshay Sachdeva shows you how to figure out how much money you need saved to work on your startup or business.

Aja Frost looks at the pros and cons of bootstrapping, and talks about the best strategies to use if you go ahead with it.

Joshua Kraus gives five tips to new entrepreneurs going into their first investor meeting.

If you read this post, you'll learn how to get into a startup accelerator - and not just any accelerator but the right one for your startup. Get reading!

Nice things to do for customers: How to turn your customers into loyal brand ambassadors

If you're going through "The Struggle" then this post will make you feel better or at least relate to these entrepreneur horror stories.

Rap Genius Founder Tom Lehman explains how his startup raised money without even knowing what they were doing. This post originally appeared on Genius.com.

If you're fundraising or asking a VC for money, read this article on how to write a winning pitch deck.

Taxes suck - especially if you're a freelancer. Get answers to your most frequently asked tax questions in this article.

Straight from the mouths of three successful venture capitalists, this post goes behind-the-scenes of an INBOUND15 panel with 3 well-known VCs.

Google. Zen99. Zirtual. Homejoy. We can learn a lot from these companies. Here are the 4 hardest lessons for startups to learn.

Here's my top 18 finds (blog posts and tools) this past week. I hope they help you as much as they've helped me.

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Chris Ward reports back from Finovate 2015 in London to discover the part that mobile is playing in FinTech.

Bitcoin's popularity seems to be going from strength to strength and the currency sure has its advantages, but should you accept Bitcoin as payment?

Do you need an API? What even is an API? Chris Ward walks us through the answers to help you in your decision of whether to head down the API path.

Charles Costa discusses how an accelerator works and how they can be helpful, but also may hurt your startup.

Craig grabs the holy water and exorcises thirteen of the most horrific web ghouls, ghosts and gremlins you'll encounter this Halloween.

Javier Sanz details 11 enhancements for e-commerce, built on top of the Stripe API

For programmers, time tracking is an essential habit that can boost your productivity--and your income. This guide shows you how to get started.

Finances are an intimidating topic for many new business owners. This guide to accounting for freelancers will help you get started.