Have you heard that investors don’t read business plans? Not true. Before they’re going to click OK on a wire transfer of $50,000 to $50,000,000, they’ll have a lot of questions. Your business plan is you in front of many supporting characters—with specialties, expertise, biases, perspectives, contacts, money… It’s like a movie script on it’s…
What we say creates pictures and emotions in our audiences. Are we motivating or scaring them? Self-defeating words, phrases and concepts derail our presentations to customers, investors, employees and each other! The dangers of double-negatives and other dumb things we say and how they create our world… Click to watch this brief TED talk-like video.
Handy PDF booklet offers a quick reference for anyone seeking business capital.
How cross-pollinating from several industries can lead to an unexpected and successful product…
Consider your audience when you use an acronym — does everyone reading or listening know what it means? It’s easy to assume they do, but what becomes of your message when they don’t? Let’s take a look at what to do about it…