Expert advice on securing your TECH STARTUP financing
Your Investor Readiness Score
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Founder, here are your Investor Readiness Test Results
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Congratulations Founder!
For taking this small, but important step to climbing the ultimate mountain in your tech startup career.
Raising the capital you need to build your dream beyond the next six months is the ultimate business adventure. And you are doing what any good mountain climber would do. You are taking stock of your equipment, your supplies and your options so you can survive the danger zone. That means being truly focused and committed. It means assessing where you can cut costs to extend your runway longer term and thinking about obligations to third-party creditors. The worst thing you can do on your journey up a mountain is be ill-equipped or short on the supplies you need. Plan early, and you’ll be able to avoid a serious fall six months further up the hill. What does that mean? Well, as a tech startup, you probably know that it’s sometimes necessary to develop the product for a year or more before generating revenue. That means you (and your team) may need to bootstrap and/or work for less during the “pre-revenue” development stage – but in the end you’re going to need outside funding. With such a short runway, you’re going to need help with that.
So that’s exactly what I am going to do with you right now
I’m going to go over the questions you just answered, and what your answers mean to you on your Tech Startup journey up the mountain beyond six months.
Once we finish going over your answers, I will give you a complete rundown of how you can get up that mountain, and save time and precious resources doing it.
But first of all, let’s dive into your tech startup results
Founder, do you understand your Investment Options?
Raising outside capital for your business requires a deep understanding of the different types of capital available to you, from equity investments, to convertible debt, revenue backed notes, factoring, or plain old bank financing.
Now, let`s look at your situation.
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Getting Your Tech Startup Investment Ready
Raising money from outside investors requires you to have your ‘house in order’ legally and financially. From your organizational charter documents, to agreements among co-founders, employees, consultants, key stakeholders and outside funding sources.
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Getting Your Investment Offer Ready
To raise money, you have to have a compelling offer. Once you have your house in order, you can properly value and design an offer for investment in your company that will attract your ideal type of funding source.
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Your Fundraising Mindset
Raising money is like climbing a mountain. It takes a lot of time, effort, and careful maneuvering with the help of a trusted guide and advisor. You will spend countless hours looking for, meeting with, and trying to close investors on your offer.
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What next?
Now , you know exactly where you are on your founder’s journey up the mountain towards more funding and realizing your startup dreams.
Mountain climbing is exciting, but it requires good preparation, tools, expertise and judgment.
For more than fifty years, climbers in the Himalayas have relied on local Nepalese guides, Sherpas, to provide unparalleled local expertise.
Think of me as your Sherpa!
For more than fifty years, climbers in the Himalayas have relied on local Nepalese guides, Sherpas, to provide unparalleled local expertise.
I’ve spent 30 years helping Tech Startup founders like you
find, attract, and close investors to help them fund their dreams.
I know the route. I know the dangers. And I know what’s necessary to reach the summit.
I am not doing this for the money.
I have made more than enough through my various investments to live a comfortable life.
I am doing this because what I enjoy most in life is helping ambitious and creative people take big ideas, and make them a reality.
That's my passion and that's my life's work.
So, to if you are serious Tech Startup founder,
I recommend you to watch the Venture Finance 101 MasterClass
The short, two-hour Masterclass goes into more depth
about the four key principles of raising money
Lesson 1 - Venture Finance Foundational Knowledge
where you will learn all about the different ways you can raise money.
Lesson 2 - Get Your House in Order
where you will learn exactly what you need to do to get ready for investment from real investors.
Lesson 3 - Create A Compelling Offer
where you will learn exactly how to design an offer that will attract and close your ideal type of funding source
Lesson 4 - Go To Market
where you will learn how to strategically source leads, conduct pitches and meetings, negotiate and close your venture finance deals
This MasterClass is designed to give you a detailed overview of exactly what tools you will need
to put into your toolkit, and how to use those tools to raise money
What if I need strategic advice right now?
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On this call
I’ll review your current state,
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As a partner, adviser, and friend, Brad is fantastic on all counts. I met him as a forward-thinking client (Xeriton under Brad became our first client), became the beneficiary of his valuable advice, business ideas, and introductions, and have emerged as one of his biggest fans...even though he is one of very few people who has out-negotiated me every time! ;) He's quite the poker player. If you have a startup or even an established business, you should get Brad involved sooner rather than later.
Ace Forsythe
Nicholas Hawtin
Fiduciary, Advisor, Attorney
Investor Network Builder
I had the pleasure of working with Brad in Copenhagen as a founder, investor, and mentor. He brought the ‘Term Sheet Battle’ concept with him from the US West Coast, where he staged a mock term sheet negotiation between a startup and an investor. The local ecosystem loved the program so much that it has spawned a host of imitators in the Nordic startup scene. Brad worked with a number of startups either as founder, interim CEO, advisor, investor, and mentor.
Alastair Rampell
Matt Boisen
General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
VP of Legal at Highspot
If you get a chance to work with Brad, take it. For almost four years I had the privilege of working with Brad and learned a tremendous amount about resolving complex legal issues and running a business strategically and with a vision. I also valued Brad’s professionalism and friendship and enjoyed collaborating with him on a daily basis. Brad hired me when I was a young lawyer, and in addition to being an outstanding manager, he also was an excellent mentor, leader and advisor, providing a solid foundation for me to succeed in my future endeavors.
Nicholas Hawtin
Ace Forsythe
Investor Network Builder
Fiduciary, Advisor,
Attorney
We hired Brad to assist with the acquisition of our firm by a publicly traded company. His experience, skill and advice were invaluable during that transaction. We were able to do the due diligence and some of the legal work in-house but it was great to have Brad's expertise on our side. Even though we were on the West Coast, our, acquires were on the East Coast and Brad was in Australia, I firmly believe we hired the right guy. I know we ended up with a better agreement, and would recommend others at least talk to him before doing anything.
Matt Boisen
Alastair Rampell
VP of Legal at Highspot
General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
As a partner, adviser, and friend, Brad is fantastic on all counts. I met him as a forward-thinking client (Xeriton under Brad became our first client), became the beneficiary of his valuable advice, business ideas, and introductions, and have emerged as one of his biggest fans...even though he is one of very few people who has out-negotiated me every time! ;) He's quite the poker player. If you have a startup you should get Brad involved.
I had the pleasure of working with Brad in Copenhagen as a founder, investor, and mentor. He brought the ‘Term Sheet Battle’ concept with him from the US West Coast, where he staged a mock term sheet negotiation between a startup and an investor. The local ecosystem loved the program so much that it has spawned a host of imitators in the Nordic startup scene.
If you get a chance to work with Brad, take it. For almost four years I had the privilege of working with Brad and learned a tremendous amount about resolving complex legal issues and running a business strategically and with a vision. I also valued Brad’s professionalism and friendship and enjoyed collaborating with him on a daily basis.
We hired Brad to assist with the acquisition of our firm by a publicly traded company. His experience, skill and advice were invaluable during that transaction. We were able to do the due diligence and some of the legal work in-house but it was great to have Brad's expertise on our side.
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