Perfecting the 10-Minute Pitch Is the Art of Conveying Emotion Alongside Information. It’s Clear Which Founders Excel in Creating a Personal Connection, Evoking Empathy, And Maximizing Every Minute of Their Pitch. Learn to Make Every Minute Count.
Discover the Potential Pitfalls of Offering Employee Ownership Without Capital Contributions. Explore The Reasons Why Employee Ownership Is a Hot Topic, The Financial Risks and Responsibilities Employees May Face, Operational Skills and Mindset Challenges, Fairness Issues Among Shareholders, And the Complexities Involved When an Employee-Owner Leaves the Company.
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Most Businesses Require Some Form of Funding to Get Started. However, Based on What Business Stage the Business Is At, The Sources of Funding Will Be Different. This Is Where Your Funding Plan Comes in To Identify How the Business Will Secure Financing for Each Stage.
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The Taxes That You Have to Pay Is Related to Your Entity Choice. Learn How Entities Are Taxed and How to Pitch Investing to Investors.
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Discover Some Important but Often Unknown Facts About the Role of the SBA, Using Retirement Funds, And Private Investors as Sources of Funding
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Enjoy the following excerpt from my FREE What You Need to Know About Starting a Business course where I talk about two common small business funding options for small businesses. We will discuss what I call the debt continuum, how lenders control risk and reward, and the value proposition for equity financing investors you can use to convince investors to fund your business.
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An often misunderstood concept relates to how to allocate initial equity in a startup. Doling out equity in your business is a pivotal and often difficult task for many founders, but it does not have to be.
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An Angel Investor is “smart money”, in that the Angels have expertise and connections that the fledgling business entity desperately needs.
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Many Entrepreneurs Seek Dumb Money to Fund Their Startups. Dumb Money Places A Drag on The Business with Debt or Dilution of Ownership. Smart Money Provides More Than Money to A Business in Terms of Leverage from Additional Skills, Experience, And Contacts Which Increases the Value of a Business.
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You have only one chance for a good first impression with investors, so do your homework first and put together a plan that would get all of us excited and optimistic.
