Investors and Term Sheets – Jim Burk – Business Black Belt Podcast

Securities attorney on investors, investing and term sheets… Jim Burk of Burk & Reedy, a Washington, DC-based law-firm who specializes in business law and financing. Jim has 40 years (!) experience in business law and business financing! He assists emerging companies in their initial stages of organization and then growing with the companies through the…

Funding Your Business – Greg Writer – Business Black Belt Podcast

Priorities to prepare for investors Greg Writer, founder and CEO of the Angel Network. Greg has over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation. At 21, he was the youngest owner / operator of a full service investment banking firm in the history of the US — directly involved in over $100 million in…

Managing Creative Interference… Business Builder or Business Killer?

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt Never give an order that can be understood. Always give an order that can never be misunderstood. ~ Douglas MacArthur, W.W.II General Why can’t people follow directions? Your clients and boss are your customers — listening to them and giving them exactly what they…

small business customer feedback product research

Let People Tell You What’s Wrong…
Before They Tell Everyone Else!

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt   “The one who needs to know the most, is often the last to find out.”   You must create a connection with your customer grapevine, otherwise you’ll never know trouble is brewing in enough time to deal with it inexpensively. Some study concluded…

Raising Capital – Tony Dohrmann – Business Black Belt Podcast

How to Complete Your Financing Round Today’s guest Tony Dohrmann is an expert on raising capital. Lasershield founder, Tony Dohrmann shares financing and business-building lessons from creating 6 companies, raising $50+ million from 390 investors, defending against a hostile take-over, and the realities of getting a complex product manufactured and onto the shelves at Home…