Are You Ready To Raise Capital for Your Company? Most Likely . . . You’re Not!

Whether you’re trying to raise debt or equity capital there are still certain unwritten rules that apply that cater to the mentality of today’s investor and funding community. Certainly there are scores of private placement memorandum and business plan chop shops that wouldn’t know how to properly consult with your company or write a fundable document even if they wanted to but they will gladly take your money to throw together a template and try to pass it off as custom work.

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Edited: January 17th, 2010

Angel Investor Mind Control: Is This Process Real?

Discovering the ‘thumbscrews’ of investors is crucial to getting them to take action. In over a decade of dealing with global investors there are several elements that I’ve discovered to be universal truths about the mind of the private investor (angel investor, accredited investor).

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Edited: January 5th, 2010

Need Investors? Get Publicity That Will Make Investors Beg You to Invest

If you are a company rolling down the venture capital trail you’ve undoubtedly heard the term that usually shuts most fund raising efforts down before they can actually begin, that term being ‘due diligence’. When an investor of venture capital firm expresses interest in funding your project, the next thing that happens after intent contracts are submitted is the dreaded due diligence process.

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Edited: December 27th, 2009

Company Going Public? Your Publicist Will Make Your Stand Out

With all the free article submission sites and social book marketing sites, there is no shortage of self proclaimed Publicity Marketing gurus out there. Sadly most of these companies are fly by nights seeking quick profits without the true experience and ability to actually perform the task they were hired for.

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Edited: December 22nd, 2009