Business Funding
The Surprising Way AI is Making Investor Pitches Impossible to Ignore
A game-changing tool to secure startup or grant funding.
Finding Investors
Business Accounting
I’m a VC With Over 50 Startup Investments. Here Are the 4 Secrets to Securing Funding for Your Ventures.
Investor relationships are crucial in most businesses, but navigating them is no walk in the park. These insider tips from a former founder and current venture capitalist reveal how entrepreneurs can tap into the investor mindset and masterfully manage investor relations.
By Zain Jaffer
Building a Business
5 Must-Have Qualities to Look For in Your First Investor
Every founder should use these criteria to evaluate potential investors. These traits eliminate doubts and help find the best match for long-term success.
Business Funding
2 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Pitch
By improving the start and finish of your pitch you can instantly help stand out from the crowd and increase your chance of raising venture capital.
By Liam Gill
Business Funding
4 Steps to Take Before Asking Investors for Money
Entrepreneurs need to ensure their company has sufficient capital. Raising funds is a fundamental way to do so.
By Liam Gill
Building a Business
8 Things Your Pitch Deck Needs If You Want Investment in Your Company
A successful pitch deck has these eight sections.
Business Accounting
7 Questions Every Founder Should Ask Potential Investors
Investors ask a lot of questions, but you should also be interviewing them. Here's what to ask.
Business Accounting
Why Investors With an Entrepreneurial Past Are Crucial to Startup Success
When we hear an investor saying, "Think like a startup," what does it mean?
By Zamir Shukho
Business Accounting
A Guide to Visualizing Data in Your Pitch Deck
What separates your pitch deck from the 99% that go in the trash? Learn how to use data visualization to create compelling investment decks that secure investments to get your business off the runway.
Business Accounting
5 Tips to Win Over Investors in Uncertain Times
Trustworthy, confident and coachable entrepreneurs don't allow an uncertain economy to distract them from executing their business plan.
Building a Business
Beyond the Basics: 5 Surprising Qualities Investors Seek in a Winning Team
Getting funding for a startup is challenging. A good pitch, goal matching and product-market fit are not enough. Investors look for at least five qualities in a founder that may not be immediately apparent.
Business Accounting
What Every Founder Needs to Know About the Valuation Gap Between Entrepreneurs and Investors
For founders to most effectively bridge the valuation gap between themselves and investors, they must establish trust through the following four approaches.
Business Accounting
6 Steps to Finding the Right Investors for Your Business
Are you an entrepreneur looking for the right investors to grow your business? Follow this proven formula to get the resources you need to succeed — on your own terms.
By Jenny Kassan
Business Funding
4 Keys to Finding the Right Investors and Raising More Money for Your Business
Despite a rocky economy, investors are still looking for companies to back. Here's what it takes to find the best ones for you.
By Tom Livne
Business Accounting
Businesses Need More Women Investors. Here’s How That Can Happen.
Female investors who share knowledge and guidance with other women founders will improve the likelihood of success and return for the investors.
Business Funding
4 Questions Venture Capital Investors Will Ask in Your Pitch (and How to Answer Them)
Pitching your idea to venture capitalists can be intimidating. Prepare yourself with answers to these crucial questions.
Business Accounting
Would Your Business Benefit From Venture Capital?
Learn what it takes to secure a venture capitalist investment.
Building a Business
How Startups Can Attract the Right Type of Investors
It is important for all business, especially startups, to garner support from the right type of investor.
Thought Leaders
Learn How to Get VC Investment From a Former Investment Banker
Got a billion-dollar idea? You need million-dollar investors.
Business Funding
4 Ways to Generate Investor Interest, Even When Funds Are Scarce
Bad timing, poor relationship quality and lack of vigilance can thwart efforts to secure funds. Be proactive and win investors.
Business Funding
Telling Your Startup Story: 4 Expert Tips to Create the Perfect Investor Pitch for Your New Business
Your pitch has to persuade people that your startup is going to be successful, but also that you're the one who will take it there.
Business Funding
There’s No Such Thing as Free Lunch: How to Choose the Best Fundraising Option for Your New Business
Before charging ahead with fundraising, think carefully about how different pathways can accelerate your company's vision, and what you might have to sacrifice in the process.
Business Funding
Building Your Own AngelList: 4 Expert Tips on How to Network to Find Investors for Your New Business
Investors aren't in short supply, but the investment opportunity that fits you is harder to come by. Make sure you're in the right spaces and talking to the right people.
Building a Business
Seed, Sow, Water, Grow: 4 Expert Tips to Secure Angel Investment for Your New Business Venture
Understanding how the sector operates and finding your niche will empower you to successfully close the right angel investor for your startup.
Business Funding
Forerunner Ventures Founder Kirsten Green On What She Looks for In a Pitch
The investor breaks down what makes her want to invest in a brand, today's biggest opportunities, and how the tech world is about so much more than technology.
Building a Business
Positive Publicity Boosts Your Startup’s Chance for Success
Investors, customers, even employees become enthusiastic when your company garners visibility in the media. And it doesn't take an expensive PR firm to get it, either.
By Brian Jones
Business Funding
When Pitching Investors, Your Product Doesn’t Matter (as Much as You Think)
Ever considered upping your storytelling game? That's actually something as important to investors as your product.
By Alex Gold