Funding

Funding & Exits – Chapter 12: Venture Debt

Some use “venture debt” to describe any loan provided to a venture backed startup — whether it be the seed stage convertible note, the commercial bank...
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Funding & Exits –  Chapter 11: Commercial Banking

  Your commercial banking relationship is important to your financial health. Any business bank provides critical financial infrastructure: your bank accounts, credit card services,...
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Funding & Exits –  Chapter 10: Venture Capital

Once you have passed Minimum Viable Product and are closing in on Minimum Viable Repeatability, you enter the realm of early-stage VC investing. As...
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Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 4: Investors Buy Stories

For investors, most days are filled with stories. The majority of these stories fall flat or are wildly implausible. Many are interesting, but flawed....
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Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 3: The Investor Continuum

For the fundable entrepreneur and company, there is an investor at every company stage. If you are the CEO, when it comes time to...
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Funding & Exits  –  Chapter 2: The Value Inflection…

An investor must consider two key factors when assessing an investment: opportunity and traction. Opportunity points to the company’s potential; it includes the team, the product vision,...
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Funding & Exits  – Chapter 1: The Fundable Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of America. 30 million small businesses operate in the US.¹ Each year, about 800,000 startups join their ranks.²...
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Funding & Exits  – Introduction

  Cash is fuel. As a tech company CEO, you need cash to scale. Most small businesses in the United States generate cash from...
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