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How to Secure Funding for Your Small Business: Insider Tips

The Motley Fool

Recent data from the Federal Reserve Banks' Small Business Credit Survey reveals that 59% of small businesses reported being in fair or poor economic condition. Drafting a clear agreement that outlines loan terms and setting realistic expectations are steps that can help maintain relationships and ensure clarity.

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1 Rallying Cybersecurity Stock That Could Be a Value Trap for 2024

The Motley Fool

The business is a technological leader in providing endpoint security -- helping enterprises protect employee devices like PCs and smartphones -- and it's putting up stellar growth amid difficult economic conditions this year. Waiting for profit margin improvement in a publicly traded company isn't exactly the venture capital game.

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3 Dividend Stocks to Buy on Sale

The Motley Fool

It helps to focus your search on companies with long-term growth catalysts that are dealing with short-term challenges. Rising interest rates and volatile macroeconomic conditions threatened some smaller financial institutions whose balance sheets indicated heavy customer concentration in specific sectors (like tech).

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Looking For Passive Income? Here Are 5 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold For a Decade

The Motley Fool

Let's break down five companies that are established dividend payers, and assess why holding each of these stocks over a long-term time horizon can lead to massive gains for your portfolio. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC).

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PE activity weakens in H1 as survey shows tentative signs of optimism

Private Equity Wire

Data from the first half of the year from Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions.

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Will 2024 Be the Year of the First Multibillion-Dollar AI Crypto Token?

The Motley Fool

In terms of a pure-play AI crypto token, two of the most intriguing options are Fetch.ai (CRYPTO: FET) and SingularityNET (CRYPTO: AGIX). At the end of 2023, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz unveiled a list of possible blockchain use cases for AI. Image source: Getty Images. So, buyer beware.

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Union Square Advisors sees tech deals uptick in 2024

Private Equity Wire

Venture capital and private equity firms meanwhile, will increasingly elect to move their portfolio companies to exits due to funding needs, pressure to return capital and improving business fundamentals.