by J.D. Davids | Jul 27, 2016 | Angel Investors, Venture Capital
So, you’ve started a company and hit the ground running with a group of happy customers. Now it’s time to raise investment in your startup, so you start to screen investors. Or do you? If you’re like many first-time CEO’s, the answer is that...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 25, 2016 | Angel Investors, Business Planning, Venture Capital
Perhaps you’ve been frantically trying to raise money for your startup, but you can’t figure out why your investor pitch isn’t working. If that’s the case, join me on a quick elevator ride so that I can help you. You probably know what an...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 25, 2016 | Business Planning
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...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 22, 2016 | Angel Investors, Venture Capital
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...
by J.D. Davids | Jul 20, 2016 | Business Planning, Venture Capital
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...
