VIDEO – What to think about as you edit the “Management Team” section of your business plan and what investors and lenders (crowdfund, angel, venture capital, SBA) look for as they consider funding your start up or growing company.
Finding the right person and asking them for money to fund your business can be daunting. First, you need to get your head straight! Here are some ideas…
Train yourself (and anyone who does interviewing for you) to refrain from asking any questions related to age, gender, color, race, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, political belief, physical well-being, or disabilities.
Do you believe Female Founders are getting nowhere with funding? The reality: businesses are complicated. There are a lot of moving parts so it’s up to you to make your deal make sense to an investor. If you allow yourself to believe that they’re not investing in you because you’re female, you’ve succumbed to what…
The problem, as I see it, with encouraging failure, while the real message is intended to encourage taking action without fear, see what happens, learn from it and keep going, is still setting one’s goal / intention / expectation as “failure.” Encouraging oneself to “fail fast”, I believe, sends a faulty message.
