Remember to Run Your Business While Raising Capital
How much time are you spending on raising capital and how much is left to invest in actually running your company? Here are a few useful insights on the subject…
Raising Capital? Don’t Sell Your Product to Investors!
One of the single biggest mistakes you can make when pitching investors when raising capital…
Writing a business plan — Ideas on Market Research
Here’s a One-Minute Market Research hack! In your business plan there are sections on Market Analysis, Market Size, Target Customers, Customer Segmentation, Market Trends, Competition and Marketing Strategy… Understanding your market is crucial for all of your planning, and it’s especially important for building your case for funding with investors. Here’s a simple idea that…
The Three General Types of Business Plans
OK, you need to write a business plan… (The Sharks often ask if you have one.) Where do you start? What do you say? First, let’s review what type of business plan you need.
Female Founders Are Getting Nowhere With Funding? A Response to Caroline Fairchild on LinkedIn
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…