The Perfect Pitch Contest – Do You Have A Winning One?
The Perfect Pitch Contest – Do You Have A Winning One? Let’s have a contest to see who can create the most compelling Perfect Pitch using the method below. The perfect pitch can open doors to hundreds of thousands if not millions in funding. Here is how the contest works. You do your pitch using […]
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The Perfect Pitch – Is Your's Music to an Investors Ear?
The Perfect Pitch – Is Your’s Music to an Investors Ear? Recall in a recent post I gave you the recipe for a great elevator pitch. If you haven’t read that post you can find it here. In that post I suggested that there are four specific elements to the perfect pitch: It must be […]
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The Perfect Elevator Pitch – 4 Easy Steps
Helen Keller once said, “alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Actually, I think we all do quite a bit on our own. A lot of what makes us who we are is the grit and brilliance that mainly springs from within us. But maybe what Keller meant was that […]
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Entrepreneur’$ Boot Camp Interview 11 – Tested Funding Tip #2
Entrepreneur’$ Boot Camp Interview 11 – Tested Funding Tip #2 Every once in a while I meet an entrepreneur who doesn’t mince words; doesn’t tell me what he or she thinks I want to hear, and doesn’t try to get me to drink his Kool-Aid. I appreciate those meetings because I can’t help people succeed unless […]
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Pitching Investors Effectively #1 – The Knock Out
Pitching Investors Effectively #1 – The Knock Out I’m excited to share some new research, hot off the presses, that is sure to interest you if you’re preparing to raise capital or already in process with a funding raise. Sometimes, data paints a very clear picture that you can use immediately to your advantage in […]
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The Neglected 97%: Entrepreneurs Boot Camp Interview #9 – Are You Wasting Investor Contacts
Entrepreneurs Boot Camp Interview #9 – Are You Wasting Investor Contacts In my last post, we explored the importance of gaining multiple perspectives when you are establishing a new business venture. Actually, new perspectives can be helpful at any stage in the business cycle. But at the early stage, before you set out to raise […]
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The Neglected 97%: Entrepreneurs Boot Camp Interview #8 – The Power of New Perspective
The Neglected 97%: Entrepreneurs Boot Camp Interview #8 – The Power of New Perspective Nina Venturella, Founder of Majestic Wellness Academy, was bit by the bug. Actually two of them. Literally. You see, Nina was a born entrepreneur. Bitten by that bug at an early age, she became a success in several business ventures. Several […]
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The Neglected 97%: Entrepreneurs Boot Camp Interview #7 – A Conundrum
The Neglected 97% Entrepreneurs Boot Camp: Interview #7 – A Conundrum What do you do when the value proposition of your breakthrough idea is not readily apparent to the average investor? That was the conundrum Adib Nasle, founder, and CEO of Xendee faced. The company had developed a data analytics system and methodology that could […]
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The Value of Prepping for Due Diligence: Interview #4 – The Matrix
The Value of Prepping for Due Diligence: Interview #4 – The Matrix Tony Drexel Smith is “The Man With the Plan.” Literally. Tony, founder, and CEO of Blue Moon Advisors, Inc., has written upwards of 1,000 business plans in his career. You’ve read about some of the entrepreneurs like Krista Whitely and John Humphrey that […]
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The Value of Prepping for Due Diligence: Interview #3 – Pivoting
Sometimes, all you really need is the money. That was the case with Krista Whitely of Altitude Products as we illustrated in our recent post. Other times, it’s not the money — or at least it’s not the money you need first. Adam Layton, the Founder of Front Seat, Inc., had a brilliant idea — […]
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