SmartMoney Articles
Don’t Make This Big Mistake in Your Executive Summary
Over the years, I have literally reviewed thousands of executives summaries. So has a colleague of mine, Jeremy Glaser, Co-Head of the National Venture Capital Practice at Mintz Levin. Jeremy and I have worked together to close deals worth hundreds of thousands of...
read more
How To Use Poker Secrets To Close Investors
One of the most critical things you can do when raising money for your startup is to put yourself in the investor's shoes. To get inside their head. Angel investors in startups are generally enamored with the novelty of your product and the excitement you're creating....
read more
How to Raise Money From Strategic Corporate Investors
If you ask most entrepreneurs about sources of investment, they quickly mention angel investors and venture capitalists. That's not a surprise, but many CEO's of startups are missing out on one of the best potential investment sources. And that is the form of...
read more
How to Get Investors to Meet With You
As I wrote in an earlier post, the first and most critical step in getting a deal done is to create a target investor list. But once that's done the next question I hear from entrepreneurs is, "How do I get a meeting with high-quality investors?" The answer may not...
read more
Why You Need to Understand Exit Strategy Before Starting Your Business
Founders of startups often misinterpret the phrase "exit strategy." Many think that the phrase refers to selling the business or the founding team leaving the company. While that may happen, the "exit" in exit strategy doesn't refer to the founders or owners. It...
read more
The Two Questions Every Entrepreneur Asks About Raising Money
No matter how many times I speak to groups about raising money for their startups, I always receive the same two questions. "How much money should I raise?" and "Who should I raise it from?" Personally, I've found the second question to be more critical than the...
read more
You Need a Sherpa to Achieve Business Stardom
My passion is helping entrepreneurs to realize their dreams. To do so, they must learn from the lessons that caused so many entrepreneurs to fail. My aim is to be a business sherpa, if you will, so that I can help them avoid mistakes that are so common to startups....
read moreGet the FREE SmartMoney Playbook
