by J.D. Davids | Sep 20, 2016 | Business Planning, Venture Capital
If you think about it, raising money for a business is pretty straight forward. All a CEO has to do is: identify potential investors create a pitch deck schedule a meeting negotiate terms navigate due diligence close the deal Simple, right? Nothing to it. But we all...
by J.D. Davids | Sep 14, 2016 | Angel Investors, Venture Capital
If you’re an entrepreneur looking to raise money for your startup, you’ve probably read lots about how to write an executive summary. After all, there are many blog posts, articles and even books on how to write one and what to include. But what’s...
by J.D. Davids | Sep 9, 2016 | Business Planning, Management, Venture Capital
It’s scary enough to jump off a cliff, but why would anyone attempt to also assemble an aircraft on the way down? In essence, that’s the question that LinkedIn founder, Reid Hoffman, put to an audience at the recent Global Entrepreneurship Summit....
by J.D. Davids | Sep 7, 2016 | Angel Investors, Venture Capital
“We’re very interested.” Most CEO’s would love to hear that phrase when trying to raise money from a venture capitalist. It’s promising, right? I don’t think so. Here’s why. Put yourself on the investor side of the table for a...
by J.D. Davids | Sep 5, 2016 | Angel Investors, Business Planning, Venture Capital
I’ve been fortunate in my career to have been involved with many very successful businesses. Businesses that became acquired or went public and generated huge returns to investors. But, I had one experience that…well…didn’t turn out so well....
