Priorities to prepare for investors
Greg Writer, founder and CEO of the Angel Network. Greg has over 31 years experience in corporate finance, capital formation.
At 21, he was the youngest owner / operator of a full service investment banking firm in the history of the US — directly involved in over $100 million in financings, IPO’s and acquisitions for early stage companies.
In this interview we discuss how he responds to entrepreneurs, business plans and investor presentations — how entrepreneurs demonstrate commitment to their business (“I’m committed…” isn’t enough!)
Highlights:
- What he sees as the priorities for financing a business these days
- What are the first 3 things you want to know about a business?
- What is it about the entrepreneur him/herself that is important?
- How do I grab your interest with my “elevator” pitch?
- What do you look for in a business plan?
- What kind of returns can I/should I provide/offer an investors?
- What type of investors do I need or should I look for?
- Where can I find investors?
- Valuation what is and what is an easy way to understand how investors look at this.
- What is the most common mistake Entrepreneur makes, that is like shooting themselves in the head with potential check writers. Real deal killers!
- Biggest causes of failure and what to do about them.
- What are we missing success-wise, that we should be including?
Click here to learn more about Greg Writer
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Priorities to prepare for investors
