30 Questions Investors Ask During Fundraising
We have written a lot here about fundraising and how it is a complicated, and at times, confusing process. To fundraise effectively, ...
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Investors Love to Fund Solutions That Are Scalable
Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are “scalable” and “ready to scale.” But ...
How and Why to Send Investor Updates
One of the key things that Techstars companies do during the program is engage mentors. This ongoing, weekly engagement is ...
6 Places to Find the Right Investor for Your Startup
One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more ...
Key Red Flags for Startup Investors
In Red Rocket’s Definitive Checklist for Startup Success, we detailed the many things that startup investors are looking for before making ...
Respect Other People’s Time and Plan Ahead
Fairly frequently, maybe every few weeks, I get an email saying either: Hey, I am in town tomorrow, do you ...
Why Sending Decks to Investors Before the First Meeting is Generally a Bad Idea and What to do About It
While sending the investor deck before the meeting is generally a bad idea, you do need an investor deck and ...
5 Personality Types That Thrive in New Businesses
As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or ...
Startups are Like Diets
There was a time when it seemed as though there was a new diet every week. The most memorable one, ...
Increase Your Luck
If we simply acknowledge how lucky we are right now, we would be halfway to increasing our luck. Many people ...