August 8, 2007
Raising Capital: A Smart Way To Create More Customers
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If you’re selling products and services, one way of raising capital would be to help your customers get the money to buy your products. Think about this: If you sell a large piece of equipment that costs a million dollars, and your customer doesn’t have a million dollars, and your customer’s bank doesn’t want to give him a million dollars, you might have to come up with a financing alternative to help him get the money so you can make the sale.
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August 7, 2007
Raising Capital: How Do Grants Work?
How do grants work as a capital-raising strategy?
Grants are fantastic if you can get them. Grants are given for many different purposes. They are given to non-profit organizations and sometimes to for-profit organizations that meet certain criteria. If you have the ability to get a grant, and the work you’re doing qualifies for a grant, I’d consider putting forth some effort to apply for one.
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Here's an important question about raising capital that I hear from clients…
Who is involved – or needs to get involved – in the process of obtaining seed capital? Does one need an attorney, an accountant, and a banker? Who are the players in this?
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August 1, 2007
Raising Capital: Going to the Horse Races
Investors are savvy. Investors who have been around the block before know that many deals aren’t going to go the way they are presented. In fact, the investor isn’t really betting on the business at all – the investor is betting on the entrepreneur.
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I’ve worked with entrepreneurs day in and day out for many years, and I find that entrepreneurs are clearly the most difficult-to-understand group of people there is. But this difficult-to-understand group of people is also a group I understand best because I’m an entrepreneur too. Although I always expect the encounters I have with entrepreneurs to be unusual, I’m never prepared for what I actually run into!
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July 24, 2007
Raising Capital: What If You Don't Know Any Investors?
A couple of years ago I was approached by an entrepreneur who had no potential investors in her pipeline. This person had moved to California from out of state, and she didn't know anyone. She asked for my assistance in capitalizing her business. I reviewed the business plan, and it was fascinating. The plan set forth an interesting approach to solving a difficult problem. My suggestion was that rather than finding investors who didn't know her – and whom she didn't know – she should consider a different approach.
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July 18, 2007
Building an Investable Business
Every day I talk to entrepreneurs who hope to raise money for their businesses. For most of these people, their desires are little more than pipe dreams that will never come to fruition; but for a few, the dreams become reality.
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April 25, 2007
Give Your Customers The Money To Buy Your Products
What a ridiculous concept. Why would I possibly give my customer the money to buy my own product? If I gave the customer the money to buy my products, then I wouldn't have any money left. What kind of business advisor are you?
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November 30, 1999
What is the best entity type to use for raising equity capital?
I routinely receive questions from entrepreneurs who are either on my telephone seminars, on my Webinars, or who just write in asking for help. I dedicate these blog entries to all entrepreneurs who are looking for capital, whether debt or equity, and need some assistance in succeeding with their efforts. I'd like to address a few questions that entrepreneurs send to me.
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