Blog Posts
Three Keys to Escape the Bootstrap Trap
You may have been bootstrapping for a while now—using your personal resources to fund your business and hoping that eventually you will be able to break even and start paying yourself and buying the...
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What could possibly go wrong? Using due diligence to make investment decisions
Due diligence, a fancy term for doing reasonable research, is a key component in the process of evaluating any investment opportunity. While there are no set rules for the due diligence process, due...
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The Angel Capital Association 2021 Summit—is there any hope?
Have you ever attended a conference and felt so at home—like the attendees are really your people? When I go to the Angel Capital Association conference, I feel exactly the opposite! Most...
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You don’t have to sell your company for your investors to exit!
When you raise money from investors, many of them will want to know how they may someday get their money back out of your company. When people invest in public companies, it is very easy to exit...
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Should you provide anti-dilution protection for your equity investors?
Anti-dilution protection is a set of provisions that you can include in your governing document (articles or certificate of incorporation) that are designed to protect equity investors in the case...
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We Want You…
…to join Angels of Main Street! It should come as no surprise that the power of our voices grows when we control where money flows. This simple fact is the reason that Angels of Main Street,...
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5-Day Challenge: Create a Golden Opportunity for Investors
We just wrapped up a LIVE 5-day challenge—Create a Golden Opportunity for Investors: How to Design a Win-Win Investment Offering. It was awesome! Hundreds of people joined the challenge where we...
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How to Make Investing in Your Company a Golden Opportunity
You’ve built a company with a promising future. You’re ready to start looking for funding. You know there are some folks out there (maybe your customers, suppliers, neighbors, values-aligned...
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Do I Really Have to Do This? Yes, and It’s the Right Thing to Do
Raising investment dollars for your business is one of the smartest ways to reach your long-term goals. But like most things that are worthwhile, getting investments is work. And it’s not just the...
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Know All the Investor Types
I recently got the inspiration to do a 6-session book study program in which we go through one of the key chapters of my book, Raise Capital on Your Own Terms, in each session. I was thrilled when...
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