Hypothetically, if you could invest in any of the following three companies, which would you choose:
ABCorp, which is raising $10 million, and with that promises they’ll have a new version of their product in the market, a bigger sales staff, plenty of marketing, 5x growth to $2 million of revenues, a loss of $1 million, and be ready for the next round of $45 million in fundraising.
GHInc, which is raisin Read more
Are you an ambitious founder, manager or executive? This surprising sin of communication will help you raise a lot more capital and/or be viewed favorably as a leader, according to recently published research by a renowned professor at an Ivy League university.
Any other time, committing the sin is bad. Use it in your pitch deck or in interviews for senior roles, though, and it is magical pixie dust!
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As an entrepreneur, I’m well experienced at wearing multiple hats and in such, in viewing companies through a multitude of lenses: production, marketing, sales, finance, etc.
The same is true as an investor, where I swap between two distinct hats: Personal and Professional investor.
You’d think these two hats were identical, but they are not. They are complim Read more