Master Funding Formula – Do A "Vulcan Mindmeld" with Investors – #1
I hope you found the recent foray into the mind of Elon Musk to be valuable to you in developing your company’s senior team. I can’t emphasize enough how important team composition is to your future growth — not to mention specifically for gaining investor capital. Today, I want to return to our Master Funding […]
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X Marks the Scaling Up Spot – 7 Part Strategy (Part 4)
X Marks the Scaling Up Spot – 7 Part Strategy (Part 3) In my last post, I introduced you to some of the work Verne Harnish has done in analyzing thousands of companies that have successfully mastered scaling up. If you haven’t yet read that post, please do before reading this post — you’ll need […]
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The Mindset Required For Scaling Up
The Mindset Required For Scaling Up Part 2 In the last post in this series, we began to explore scaling. Remember that our context is the Master Funding Equation and we are assessing the five questions most investors will ask with respect to your business strategy. The last question is how you plan to scale […]
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Drum Roll…Announcing the Winners of our Investor Pitch Contest
Drum Roll…Announcing the Winners of our Investor Pitch Contest After much deliberation, the Intelliversity Board of Advisors selected three finalists and a grand prize winner for our investor pitch contest. I want to thank everyone who participated. You are all Rock Stars! We had a fantastic response to the contest and so many of you […]
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A Winning Business Strategy: The Master Funding Equation #4 (Part 1)
A Winning Business Strategy: The Master Funding Equation #4 (Part 1) In this post, I pose five questions that can alter the trajectory of your business’s success. But first, we have to recap the critical points we’ve covered to make these questions resonate. Over the last several posts I’ve been guiding you through the various […]
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Only The Top 5% Listen Their Way to Funding: The Master Funding Equation 3
Only The Top 5% Listen Their Way to Funding: The Master Funding Equation (Part 3) Want to have a breakthrough in funding? Then you undoubtedly need to have a breakthrough is listening. In fact, you need to become the superhero of listening. A year ago in this blog, I wrote twice about the importance of […]
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Deepening Investor Trust In You: The Master Funding Equation (Part 2)
Deepening Investor Trust In You: The Master Funding Equation (Part 2) Last week we discussed the primary importance of developing initial trust with investors. No trust? No space to hear about your business idea, your team, your offer. No funding. So I re-wrote the Master Funding Equation to put trust at the forefront: a Trustworthy […]
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Be The Entrepreneur They Trust – The Master Funding Equation
Be The Entrepreneur They Trust – The Master Funding Equation Last week I introduced you to my Master Funding Equation (MFE). In case you missed it, the MFE looks like this: A Viral Vision Statement/Elevator Pitch + A Powerful Pitch Method + The Correct Pitch Content + A Winning Business Strategy + A Trustworthy CEO […]
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Be the Pitch King or Queen – The Master Funding Equation
Being the Pitch King or Queen – The Master Funding Equation We’ve been on this journey together for quite some time now. I continue to be inspired by the entrepreneurs like you who find a way to buck the odds and get the funding needed to turn your visions into reality. As I’ve looked back […]
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The Perfect Elevator Pitch Contest – It's Your Time
The Perfect Elevator Pitch Contest – It’s Your Time Fast forward a little in the future. IT WORKED! Your perfect elevator pitch worked. You got that funding you needed. How did that happen? You entered our contest and got the feedback you needed from an investor to hone your pitch. Last week we launched a […]
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