Founders and Fundraising

“Equity is like jet fuel for a startup,” Gill, one of our investors, said to me one day. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe i can help. Click here.] In our case, not only was early stage funding jet fuel, early stage funding was absolutely necessary. Why? Well, unless you have $20M-$30M lying around, it’s…

I never considered myself a great engineer. I thought I was a good, maybe even clever, engineer, but not great. And that was when I actually still designing hardware. Then I went into general management, and my days as a practicing engineer were over. Even though I did get all my patents after I stopped…

“You’ve done everything you told us you were going to do,” the VC said. “Incredible execution,” his partner said. “We’re going to move forward very quickly on this,” the VC said. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] The story was much different the last time I met with…

Let me give the perspective of someone that’s taken money from a corporate VC and pitched many more. In our particular case, the introduction to the strategic (corporate) came through one of our existing investors. He knew someone on the board of the company. That led to a meeting at our facility with the CEO.…

Many entrepreneurs try to figure out how much money they need to start their business. But it’s the wrong question for you to be asking. In today’s short video, I’ll explain what is the right question you should be asking before you start your business. The transcript for today’s video is below: So I see…

Do you want to become a better communicator? Watch some standup comedy and you’ll see a master communicator at work. There’s one thing all great comedians do that you need to if you’re going to be successful pitching your business. Watch this short 3 minute video to learn this critical communications skill and how you…