They Just Threw Out the Rule Book for Raising Funds
If you are an entrepreneur looking for capital to launch or grow your business, life will soon get a little easier. In early April 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act…
If you are an entrepreneur looking for capital to launch or grow your business, life will soon get a little easier. In early April 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act…
Are you getting ready to pitch investors? Then you need to make sure that your materials – your pitch deck, executive summary, and business plan – answer ten critical questions.…
An entrepreneur with a successful ethnic restaurant contacted us about writing a business plan that he intended to use to raise capital so he could buy out his partner. There…
Since 2006 I have had the pleasure of working, in a limited role, with the National Science Foundation. The NSF participates in the SBIR/STTR grant programs which are coordinated by…
For years I have been advising clients to look carefully at strategic investors for new capital before looking for financial investors. For those of you who are not bankers or…
Every entrepreneur needs a convincing 'elevator pitch,' so named because it is the pitch you give if you happen to step into an elevator with the investor of your dreams.…
The naïve entrepreneur thinks he can relax after he finally cashes the check from a professional investor, but in reality, that’s when the real work and pressure starts. His first…
If you are new to the startup space and Angel investing, you probably don’t realize that some groups of Angel investors charge entrepreneurs a fee to pitch to their groups.…
Entrepreneurs are all about firsts, and the most important is you making a great first impression – on investors, customers, new team members, and strategic partners. Poor first impressions can…
Due diligence should always be a two-way street. A while back, I published an article on “Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art,” describing what investors do to…