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How to Pitch to Investors in 10 Minutes and Get Funded

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I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology startups. Your revenue or business model. Customer acquisition: Marketing and sales strategy. How will you reach your customers? Your financials should easily allow you to calculate your customer acquisition costs.

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How to Write a Business Plan for Raising Venture Capital

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Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. Be prepared for due diligence. It’s critical that the data you present is verifiable, since any serious investor will conduct extensive due diligence. Define your customers precisely.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

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Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. The global market for CBD oils is expanding due to their medical efficacy. A number of cannabis tech companies have also begun to take advantage of the opportunity in the marketplace. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer?

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A 5-Step Plan To Assessing Your Business’s Sellability

YoungUpstarts

You’ll find exceptions to this rule, like Snapchat, which was operating at a loss at its IPO, when it experienced high initial trading prices due to its huge popularity and untapped monetization capabilities. Profile Your Customer Base. Another element that affects a business’s sellability is the state of its customer base.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

are eliminated during due diligence. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. Close at least one initial customer. Free trials don’t count.

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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. Your friends and family are really the only answer until you have a significant revenue stream. Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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How to pitch to investors in 10 minutes and get funded

Up and Running

I’ve raised close to $1 million from angel investors for my previous technology start-ups. Customer Acquisition : This is usually one of the most skipped sections of an investor pitch and a full business plan. How will you reach your customers? Your Revenue Model : Investors tend to care about this slide the most.