Fundraising
« Previous EntriesVideocast: how to raise angel funding with Jon Gillespie-Brown
Friday, December 11th, 2009Today I did a Videocast with StartupSchool, it was a one hour session with on how to raise angel funding. We had a lively discussion about many of the core things Startups need to know about Angel Investors and how…
Want an Angel Investment? this is the video 101
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009I often get asked about how to raise Angel money and where to start. Well I have written a lot about this in the blog but personally I like learning from AV media more than blog posts so I tracked down…
Great lessons from an Angel Investor Matt Coffin
Friday, November 27th, 2009This is one of the best videos I have ever watched to help startups see what makes sense in coming up with an idea and other great lessons, how to avoid building something no one cares about, what angels want…esp.…
How to find Angel Investors…the “smart” way!
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009My friend Bob Karr, CEO, Link Silicon Valley, LLC is one smart cookie.
He regularly sends members of his website http://linksv.com very useful, timely and detailed information about funding transactions going on in the Valley.
This is useful because the info. his database…
Make sure your business plan gets read – build a “killer” exec summary
Friday, November 20th, 2009Like most people I hate writing business plans, I want to get on with the business at hand rather than keep writing and re-writing lots of words about what I plan to do!
This must also be true for many investors…
Need to raise a smaller VC round, say 1-2M, see this list
Thursday, May 7th, 2009I asked a friend Bill Romans to recommend to me smaller VC funds that like to offer smaller amounts of funding and are happy to work with $1-2M and variations around that level.
These guys are VCs but tend to be…
Great advice on pitching VCs…common mistakes and how to avoid them
Monday, April 20th, 2009Tim Ferriss has had the foresight to ask some of the presenters at this years TiE conference (TiE’s annual conference on entrepreneurship, TiECON 2009 May 15/16) some very useful questions:
- What is the best pitch meeting that you remember and why?
- What are the…
How to write a winning elevator pitch
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Writing a good and punchy “elevator pitch” is way harder than most people think. Plus I find that I really need to teach this skill a lot with my Stanford and UC Berkeley MBA’s to help them both with distilling…
Check your business plan measures up to "business school" standard before you send it out to investors
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008As you may know I work extensively with 3 of the World’s Top 10 business schools and I regularly have to help MBA’s work on their business plans. In working with them I help them shape their plans and eventually…
Public speaking…the key things to know
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008If you are making any form of presentation you will benefit from these quick tips.
Get the content and flow right:
First, make the presentation flow correctly – as most presentations are trying to convince someone of something, I tend to use…
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