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Now’s the Time to Get Funded: Coronavirus Edition

Preparing for Funding Digitally During COVID-19 In times of uncertainty, most people crawl back into a protective shell, trying to hunker down until the perceived threat passes by. Despite the growing public health crisis caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, savvy investors are still looking for great investment opportunities. When investors consider where (and with whom) to invest their money, they are not looking for “most people”. They want the best, the brightest, and the boldest. What better time to let [...]

By |2020-03-24T17:28:41-04:00March 24th, 2020|0 Comments
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Is Your Fundraising Story Epic? Blueprint: How to Open Doors to Funding Starts with the Value Proposition

“Thanks, but no thanks.” If this is the response you get from potential investors, chances are that you have an unrefined value proposition. Dianna Booher, an author, keynote speaker and expert in corporate communications sums it all up with her statement, “If you can’t write your message in a sentence, you can’t say it in an hour.” In my last article entitled “Blueprint on How to Open Doors to Start-Up and Next-Stage Growth Funding,” I noted that potential investors give [...]

By |2020-01-20T11:39:09-05:00January 20th, 2020|0 Comments
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Blueprint on How to Open Doors to Funding Starts with the Value Proposition

“Thanks, but no thanks.” If this is the response you get from potential investors, chances are that you have an unrefined value proposition. Dianna Booher, an author, keynote speaker and expert in corporate communications sums it all up with her statement, “If you can’t write your message in a sentence, you can’t say it in an hour.” In my last article entitled “Blueprint on How to Open Doors to Start-Up and Next-Stage Growth Funding,” I noted that potential investors [...]

By |2019-12-03T10:40:40-05:00December 3rd, 2019|0 Comments
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Blueprint on How to Open Doors to Start-Up and Next-Stage Growth Funding

3:40…three minutes and forty seconds…220 ticks of the clock. That’s how long potential investors take before deciding whether to even entertain a deeper discussion about funding a startup or next-stage growth business. Most entrepreneurs don’t get the funding they desire, with angel investor rejection rates around 90%. There are plenty of examples of failed startups and next-stage growth companies out there, many of which were even dialed in correctly on a few of the items Dave McClure pointed out. But [...]

By |2019-09-18T10:54:52-04:00September 17th, 2019|0 Comments
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How to Execute a Business Turnaround in 2019

Turning around businesses and dramatically improving performance is something I’ve done repeatedly over the years. A lot of friends and colleagues have come to recognize me as an expert in this area, so I’m often asked whether a quick business turnaround is possible, if turnarounds are easy, and whether a turnaround solution is even affordable for a small or medium-sized business. Turnarounds are possible Turning around the performance of a business quickly is something that can be achieved, even in [...]

By |2019-09-10T18:23:05-04:00September 10th, 2019|0 Comments
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Dilbert on how NOT to do Employee Engagement

The Key to a Company’s Success: Most Companies Get This Wrong…Does Yours? “Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything either. Theories of management don’t matter much. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.” -- General Colin Powell -- Former Secretary of State & Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Powell said it so well. You can have the best product on the market, dedicated customers, well-oiled processes in place and grand plans for future [...]

By |2019-06-19T14:18:44-04:00June 19th, 2019|0 Comments
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Communications Can Fuel Business Success

Many factors contribute to being successful in business. Having a sound strategy, having a marketable product or service, and having efficient processes are all important. And in our first part in this series on the 5 Pillars to Business Success, we demonstrated how Its People Who Drive Business Success, because it falls to the people within the organization to actually execute on the strategies, plans, and processes to make a business successful. ...

By |2017-12-11T18:51:31-05:00November 30th, 2017|0 Comments
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