“Legendary innovators like Ben Franklin, Edison, Bill Gates & Steve Jobs all possess common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share one other defining attribute. They had a lot of hobbies that they turned into a business.” Topics: Quit your Day Job? Brain-Storm, Goals Business …
“The purpose of an Elevator Pitch is to describe a problem and your solution so compelling that the person you’re with wants to hear more” Elevator Pitch Topics: Audience, Prioritize, Strong, Focus, Conversational, End Goal, Connection, Relationship, Tell, don’t Sell, Continue, Take-Away, Competition. Standing out. If you’ve been …
“One of my biggest strengths was precisely how little I knew – which motivated me to learn more .” — Brian Chesky, CEO Success Topics: Need, Missionary, Curious, Hustle & be Scrappy, Launching X3, Consensus, Persistence. The AirBnB Story is the remarkable book of behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth …
“Until the culture & demon-graphics of the Venture Capital industry changes, here are some places that Female Business Founders can pitch for Funding” Female Finding Funding Companies: Backstage Capital, BBG Ventures, Female Founders Fund, Focus Fund, Forerunner Ventures, Pipeline Angels, Xfactor. Bias & Unfairness. More often than not, pitching Venture …
You only have 30-60 seconds to make a powerful first impression, because people have less patience today and most are so busy. You need to grab their attentions quickly or lose them forever. Elevator Pitch Topics: What is? Why? Mastering, initial Preparation, Creating & Delivering – 7 Steps, Examples. What …
“Start-up Financing is not just about Finding Funding; it is a holistic process that involves proper business planning with thoughtful marketing approach, growth targets & deciding profit margins – based on the competition”. Finding Funding Topics: Plan, What kind? the Effort, Choosing a VC, Prep 4 Pitch, Perfecting, the …
“Free” (or low cost) enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have imagination and come up with great ideas, have talented, motivated workers, who are not afraid to take the risk (often on their own $$$) with Customers – who are also willing to take the risk of a new product. Topics: …
Small businesses provide 75 % of new U.S. jobs and therefore, are the backbone of our economy, Where’s the money to finance them? The Banks and other Institutions in America today have lots of money that they could Loan to worthy right now – to help grow America. Topics: …
“Sustaining a successful business is a hell of a lot of work. Staying hungry is half the battle to make you more creative. It’ll impress the future investors – when you really need them – to grow.” Topics: How, Key Factors, awesome Product, Duplicate, Mission (not impossible), Savvy, Creative, …
After a rough patch for Startups in the past few years, Angel Investors & Venture Capitalists now see hopeful signs for more Funding in 2017. Topics: excessive CA$H, Favorable Govt Policies, Stock Market is booming, Even Non-Tech co’s are interested in Startups, Finding Funding Quotes. Technology startups have faced …
Need a loan for your small business? When the bank says no, a MicroLoan may be the answer for the funding you need. Topics: What is MicroLending? Accion, Communities-at-Work, Kabbage, Lending Club, OnDeck Capital, Prosper, Small Business Administration, vs CrowdFunding, How do I Qualify? When you hear the term, MicroLoan, …
Last year 2015, Angels & Venture Capitalists invested more than $72 billion in companies. That’s nearly 3x the amount of 7 years ago. Time for you to “Go for it !!! Topics: the Need, Pre-Seed Capital Stage, Seed-Capital Stage, Micro VCs, Crowd-Funding, Super Angels, Growth Stage. Series A, B & …
“No more unrealistic expectations about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a continual struggle to start & grow your company’s on a boot-strapping budget.” – Spencer Fry, CarbonMade co-founder Topics: Research your Market & Competition, Launch, Quick Revenue, create Buzz, DIY, Website, Accounting, Don’t give up.!!! The …
Use these 7 differences as a Guide when choosing between Angels & VC’s + when “pitching” these potential Investors. Topics: Personalities & Backgrounds, not equally Diverse, Emergency Funding, Impacts, Difficult to work with, Bad Deals For those of you looking to finance your Startup, raising money is one of the …
According to some estimates, Crowd-Funding grew 200% in 2015 & 150% in 2015. It’s expected to pass VC & Angels in 2016 CrowdFunding Topics: Comparison to other Funding, Advantages, Faster, Fan Base, XX for Marketing, World reach. The explosive Growth of Crowd-Funding. Your funding struggles could soon become obsolete – …
The 12 do’s & 4 don’ts of picking an aggressive Accelerator. Viable, Mentor, Feedback, Accelerate, prep 4 Financing, Questions, Connection, Reputation, Terms, Intense, Compet & more Accelerators are now an integral part of the startup eco-system. For some – especially 1st-time Founders, it is sort of becoming …
10 Questions to answer before Pitching Investors – to see if you’re ready. Target Market, Customer need, Competitors, your Advantage, Team, prior Success, Progress, Biz Model, Risks, What $$ for? Are you ready for Pitching Investors is one of the most important tasks you’ll ever face in …
fm Harvard Biz Review 02 Mar 16 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz Easy Money for Funding $?$. As the past few years have shown, raising money for a startup seems easier. But building a profitable, sustainable business is still really hard. Public & private markets alike, are starting to remember this, …
fm Entrepreneur.com 19 Feb 16 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz As Clint Eastwood once said, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Every new entrepreneur soon realizes he or she has some big ones, but very few figure out how to use these them to their advantage. I believe that the …
fm Company Founder.com 08/11 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz VCs vs Angels. I get a lot of questions about what Venture Capital (VC) investors look for when they are considering investing in a venture. Many of the characteristics I’ll cover here are also what “Angel Investors” look for in prospective investments. …
from Guy Kawasaki [Rich Dad, Poor Dad] 09 Sept 15 enhanced for Wiz4biz 10/20/30 Rule of Pitching “I am evangelizing the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint” says Guy Kawasaki [Author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”]. It’s quite simple: a pitch should have 10 slides, last no more than 20 minutes, and …