I spoke with a bootstrapping entrepreneur who is thinking about raising equity to keep his explosive growth going. I asked a bunch of questions to help him come up with a dollar figure to raise from angel investors, who...
Category - Equity
Don Gooding
The Equity Fork In The Road [meme]
In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” I’ve often spoken about raising equity as a fork in the road for startups. Why is that? Because almost all angel...
What Is A Seed Round, And Is That What You’re Looking For?
You may have read the phrase “Seed Round” and wondered: what does that really mean? And if I’m looking for startup funding, is that what I should tell investors I’m looking for? We’re going to break it down for you, and...
Top 7 Reasons For Startup Funding Fail
Most funding attempts by young companies fail, no matter what type of business funding they are trying to get. That’s true for business credit cards, trade credit, commercial bank loans with or without SBA guarantees...
US ICO Market Slammed Shut By SEC
In 2017 a small number of cryptocurrency Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) raised billions of dollars around the globe. This happened as Bitcoin, the most well-known “brand” of cryptocurrency, soared in price...
Should You Invest In Marketing To Long Term Customers?
I just met with a company that wants to raise equity to invest in marketing. The B2B services company founder thought they were ready. I soon found out they are not. The biggest issue for them is fundamental to any...
Money often costs too much [meme]
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet and lecturer. This oft-repeated quote of his is a mere snippet of a very long essay on “Wealth,” which in turn is one of nine essays in his...
The Bootstrap To Funding Pivot Playbook
Do you like having multiple potential paths to reach business success? So do I. That’s why you should get to know the Bootstrap To Funding Pivot Playbook. See, I’ve figured out that bootstrapped entrepreneurs...
Money Is Only A Tool – Ayn Rand [meme]
Ayn Rand is an iconic and controversial writer. She used fiction to argue for capitalism and against socialism during the cold war. This “money is only a tool” quote is taken from Atlas Shrugged, her most...
Creating Corporate Partnerships [video]
As your company grows, corporate partnerships may become an option to expand into new markets or deepen penetration of existing markets. While corporate partnerships are usually thought of in the context of sales and...
