Part 1 of 4 – So You are Thinking of a Start-Up Business in 2016 It’s the time for resolutions. There’s no better path to wealth and glory than a starting-up business, and also no better path to misery. For those of you thinking about a start-up a business this year, that’s a resolution quite different than […]
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Winning Over Investors What it Takes to Break Through the Status Quo In this article we will discuss the realities of the current state of finding investors and present a solution to the status quo: – Imagine the Possibilities – Disruptive Insight – The Reality – The Unsafe Status Quo – But Take Heart –
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Impact Investing Win-Win-Win for Entrepreneurs, Investors, Society – Part 2 This second blog post on impact investing will answer: – How do you as an entrepreneur gain access to the large community of impact investors? – How do you demonstrate that your impact is specific, intentional and measurable? – How do you demonstrate that this
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Impact Investing – Win-win-win for Entrepreneurs, Investors & Society (Part 1) There’s a new kid on the block. Impact Investing. This is the first of a two-part on this trending topic. “The first question we ask ourselves when evaluating a new investment opportunity is: If this company becomes successful, will it make the world a better
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Revenue Royalties – The Easiest Way to Fund Most Young Companies As an investor, it’s become apparent there are major drawbacks to two of the common means of funding young companies: selling ownership rights (C-corp stock or LLC membership) and issuing a note (convertible or not) — i.e. borrowing money from investors. The good news
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Revenue Royalties – More on Community-Based Revenue Sharing In my last post, I hinted at a way to raise capital for the 80% to 90% of growing companies that don’t qualify for sophisticated angel financing or venture capital, or don’t want it. One good reason not to want to get capital from sophisticated angel investors
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Participation funding — Win-Win Funding for Young Companies This time period has been eventful, including attendance at CEO Space and discussions with many companies about the topic of the last two posts: how to raise funds for a young business without 1) giving up a lot of ownership nor 2) burdening the company with a loan having
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Revenue Participation Funding: It’s Here Now Today, I want to bring you up to date on a favorite topic: Revenue Participation Funding — the idea of selling (or buying) a share of a company’s revenue rather than a share of the company ownership. This method is in contrast to traditional methods of finance such as
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Red Flags that Turn Off Venture and Angel Investors This is the second installment of notes I took at the New York Venture Summit on a hot summer day in Manhattan, July 25, 2011. These notes came from the fourth panel entitled “What Should You Do to Get VC’s and Angel Investors to Say Yes?”.
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14 Things That Shorten the Time to Angel and Venture Funding This post continues my notes from the New York Venture Summit on July 21, 2011 — in particular, the panel entitled “The Venture Roadmap: Making Sure You’re Headed in the Right Direction and Advice on how to effectively shorten your time to Angel and Venture funding.”
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