Venture Builders are changing the Start Up Model. If you haven’t yet heard of venture-builders — also called tech studios, startup factories, or venture production studios — let me introduce them to you: They’re organizations that build companies using...
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The hot topic at the Institutional Cannabis & Capital Conference in San Jose this week was real estate. While institutional investors are unlikely to invest directly in cannabis production or sale given federal illegality and are somewhat averse to...
Have you ever met someone who could Persuade you to do anything? I have, and I’ve always craved this seemingly out-of-reach ability. There are countless books and college courses that all claim to hold the keys to persuasion. They’re...
A powerful fundraising pitch can sway investors to choose you—even if someone else has more traction. Most investors are more likely to fund someone who gave a powerful fundraising pitch over someone who has more traction but whose pitch...
Whether you’re pitching to investors after a business plan competition, angel group meeting or one-on-one, your goal is to interest them enough so they want to know more about you and about your company. You must “Perfect Your Pitch”....
Raising capital from investors is difficult and time consuming. Therefore, it’s crucial that a VC or PE Firm absolutely nails its investor pitch deck and articulates a compelling and interesting story! VC or PE Startups frequently prepare a “pitch...
This article is to help you Establish “Trust” Immediately in your Pitch and get Investors to want to Invest! A riveting story structure and a visually arresting deck are both requisites of a great presentation or pitch. However, apart...
To be an effective and persuasive presenter, you must build trust and credibility in the audience’s mind. The goal of presenting is likely to inform the audience of something or persuade it to act or not. To do this...
Direct Investing for LPs: The Pros and Cons Institutional investors making a portfolio allocation to private equity or other alternative assets typically fill the allocation by evaluating fund managers and subscribing capital to selected funds, typically locked in for...
For years the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firms has been growing in prominence. And now forces are converging to fundamentally transform financial advising in the RIA model’s favor. Investors are demanding more from the companies they work with. Traditional...