Make Investors Sit Up and Notice #3 – Hint: It's a Team Sport
Make Investors Sit Up and Notice #3 – It’s a Team Sport OK, Vision Masters (innovators, founders), it’s time for a pop quiz . . . Who is Gene Kranz? Now, if you don’t know off the top of your head, don’t feel bad. Although he’s been portrayed in several major motion pictures and had […]
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Business Strategy and Status Quo – a Fresh Eyes Assessment
Dr. Stephie Althouse is a faculty member with Intelliversity. Her business focus is making companies more profitable and more fundable. Robert Steven Kramarz, Intelliversity’s Executive Director Business Strategy and Status Quo – a Fresh Eyes Assessment Have you ever wondered what a strategic audit could do for your business? Would it be useful for your […]
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How to Make Investors Sit Up and Notice #2 – Be in the 1%
How to Make Investors Sit Up and Notice #2 – Be in the 1% The world is crowded with capable entrepreneurs. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that virtually everyone reading this blog is a capable entrepreneur. If you weren’t capable and driven and creative and brilliant and a host of other […]
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How to Make Investors Sit Up and Take Notice
How to Make Investors Sit Up and Take Notice I’ve spent so much time discussing trust and relationship issues that you may imagine I’ve lost sight of the deal structure. Should you even consider the deal structure before you meet the dealer (the investor)? As a deal structure, will offering a royalty-based deal help make […]
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How Investor's Really See You – Hint: It's Not What You Think
How Investor’s Really See You – And It’s Not What You Think Sometimes the deck is just plain stacked against you. It’s that famous uphill climb that we’ve all had to make some time or other. In business, this can arise at times out of inequality in a bargaining position. And nowhere is that more […]
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Demand More from Your Business Plan
Demand More From Your Business Plan How would you like to light two rockets with one match? Let me tell you how; create a short and effective business plan that attracts investors to your ideas and your vision, plus help you run your business and keeps you on track to meet your goals. In his […]
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Do Investors Fund Ideas or People?
Do Investors Fund Ideas or People? I want to talk to you today about something that’s near and dear to our hearts at Intelliversity. The human factors of funding. As investors who work with people that are trying to get an idea or concept funded, we are well aware of the importance of a business […]
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"I Don’t Want To Be Alone; I Just Want To Be LET Alone." Greta Garbo
This could have been said by Greta Garbo but certainly, she expressed it in a different way, “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ― Gabriel García Márquez. Same goes for businesses. This problem came up just yesterday, so it’s fresh in my mind: Company A needs a $100,000 cash for marketing which its owner […]
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Elevator Pitch for Investors (How to Charm a Stone)
Elevator Pitch for Investors (How to Charm a Stone) Investors are essential for business growth Charm warms up investors Brevity is the essence of charm. Have you ever thought it funny that we call the short business pitch an elevator pitch since most people keep to themselves on elevators? Well, maybe that’s because they don’t […]
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The Top 5 Reasons Why Successful Companies Need Fresh Eyes Assessment
The Top 5 Reasons Why Successful Companies Need Fresh Eyes Assessment By Dr. Stephie Althouse, Intelliversity Faculty It is easy to understand why a company that has fallen on hard times and barely can pay its bills might need a turnaround consultant and executive coach. Such companies need help with assessing the business with fresh […]
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