Working with Investors
5 Steps to Due Diligence on Your Potential Investors
Even though the color of their money is always green, all startup investors are not the same. Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due…
Ripple in 2018: Does It Still Have Potential?
Ripple is one of the oldest cryptocurrency networks. Launched in 2012, the ripple coin was once valued at 1000 coins for a dollar. Six years later, ripple coin is valued at $0.65, a growth rate…
Avoid Competitor Bashing in Your Pitch to Investors
Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their…
Take Only “Smart Money” Investments
This statement could be considered controversial. We have previously made the case that professional investors demand more in the form of restrictive covenants and lower valuations. Now we explore the other side of that coin….
Several More Real Costs of Taking Outsider Investments
Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last. But this time, we concentrate upon governance changes. Once a…
Top 10 Pitch Fails
I was asked recently for a list of things that annoy me in angel investment pitches from startups. I’ve done this before, so there will be some duplication here. But here is my top 10…
7 Reasons Why Investors Won’t Back Your Startup
No, no, no! Toddlers expect to hear that, but when you’re a grown adult with an idea for “the next big thing” and investor after investor tells you no, it’s not only painful, it can…
What are the Normal Steps for Angel Investment?
Question: What are the normal steps for angel investment? What’s involved in submitting a business plan? I decided to answer this question here because I see it so often in email and in question and answer…
13 Small Business Grants You Need to Know for 2018
Running a small business is a lot like powering a car, and the only way to keep it moving down the road is to fuel it. Capital and funding are the fuel that drives small…
Investing in Bullion and Bullion Coins
Whether you run a business or looking for personal investments, bullion continues to be a great strategy. Gold is returning over 359% during the past 16 years, with demand from China, India, Germany and the…
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