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5 Things To Do Before Pitching Your Business To Investors

5 Things To Do Before Pitching Your Business To Investors

It is 2023, and the environment for funding has changed drastically in the last few years. What you do before you pitch is even more important than it has been in the past.

TIM COOLEY , MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT , AUTHOR: THE PITCHDECK BOOK

10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from fellow investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation.

Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals

The Startup Checklist

Build Your Start Up Dream Team

Starting and building any business other than the very tiniest one-person shop is a complicated task. Thus, the majority of businesses that aspire to become high-growth companies of the future—are launched by a founding team of two, three, or more people. Combining the strengths, insights, experiences, talents, connections, and resources of a few people often gives a new business a greater chance of success than resting entirely on the shoulders of even a highly talented single individual. That said, there is a real difference between “founding a business” and “being part of the founding team.”

DAVID S. ROSE , FOUNDER AND CEO , GUST INC.

Can founders hold shares in their own Startup through an IRA?

Can founders hold shares in their own Startup through an IRA?

After reading about Peter Thiel’s IRA gymnastics, founders inevitably wonder whether or not they can use similar tactics to leverage the tax benefits associated with IRAs for the shares they hold in their own startup. We typically get this question at least once a month during Gust Launch office hours. While it’s technically possible to do it, there are important questions and serious potential consequences to consider before attempting. There are also other tax benefits available to startup founders that are considerably less difficult to navigate.

PETER SWAN , CEO , GUST INC.

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9 Great Alternative Funding Options Every Founder Should Know About

The process of acquiring venture capital can stir up quite a few emotions in an early-stage founder: Excitement. Fear. A sense of doing something incredibly important. The incredible degree of pressure in knowing that you need this money to be successful. However, as many founders have discovered, chasing that venture capital funding can be incredibly time-consuming, expensive, and frustrating. What if there was a better way to raise capital?

LOGAN BURCHETT , CO-FOUNDER & COO , FORECASTR

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