Creating a clean, easy to use capitalization table is a must have when you’re working with potential investors. But, if you’ve never created a cap table before, what exactly does a clean cap table look like? I’ll walk you through the steps in this video. I hope you like it. Do You Want To…
“This is the first time we’ve ever disagreed,” I said to Gill, one of the investors in my company. I had just told him that I wanted to get a loan for my company, and Gill, much to my surprise, was against the idea. “I know, Brett. I know,” Gill said. “My feeling is that…
“How much money are you going to try and raise?” I asked “Sarah.” Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “I’m thinking we should raise $1.5 million this round,” Sarah said to me. “How long will the money last?” I asked. “I’m not sure,” Sarah said. “I’m waiting on…
Wouldn’t it be great if there were some easy ways to improve your pitch? Well, you’re in luck. Today, I’m going to share with you five easy things you can do to improve your pitch. The great thing about what I’ll share with you in this video is anyone, and I mean anyone, can do…
“We’re upping our plan for the year,” “James,” the CEO of a very successful startup I’m working with said to me. It was the second time he’d increased his plan in the past six months. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “Cool,” I said. “You’ve finally entered what…
Waterfall charts are an essential tool for making it really easy for your audience, be it your board of directors or your team, to easily understand how a various part of your company is performing. Yet, most people have never created, or even heard of a waterfall chart. In today’s video, I’m going to teach…
“Man, you’re living a charmed life right now,” I said to “Ray,” the CEO of a very hot startup I’ve been working with. “Thirty minutes and he’s (an investor) going to give you $75 million!” I shook my head in disbelief. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “It…
Once your startup has investors, you’re likely going to hear somebody tell you, “You need to learn how to manage your Board of Directors.” It sounds great, doesn’t it? But how do you actually do this? And what does managing your board actually mean? It’s actually quite easy. I’ll break it down for you in…
“I want to join your company Brett, but I have conditions,” Greg, one of top ten engineers on the planet in my industry said to me. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] I smiled. Then I said, “Okay, what are your conditions?” “Well, there’s really only one condition…
Sixty percent of all co-founder relationships end in failure. It’s a huge issue that just about every startup CEO has to deal with. In this video, I go through the nine issues you’re going to have to deal with when you have a co-founder that’s not working out. You’ll definitely want to stick around to…