Startup Funding Espresso – Build Your Presence With a VC Fund
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/02.build_your_presence_with_a_VC_fund.mp3"][/audio]Build Your Presence With a VC Fund Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In raising funding from a VC fund, it’s important to understand the partner team. Each VC fund has a number of senior…
Startup Funding Espresso – How To Say No to a Startup
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.how_to_say_no_to_a_startup.mp3"][/audio]How To Say No to a Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Investors receive pitches from startups almost every day. Many of these startups simply don’t match the investment thesis of the investor. Here’s…
Investor Connect: Family Office Roundtable Part 03
In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall T. Martin talks with Mike Sloan, CEO and founder of Simple Labs, about their groundbreaking product, Cogni. Mike shares insights from his background in both bourbon and wine country, emphasizing the industry's challenges such as significant losses from evaporation and spoilage. Cogni offers…
Investor Connect 826: Family Office Roundtable Part 03
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/IC_Parte03.mp3"][/audio]In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall T. Martin talks with Mike Sloan, CEO and founder of Simple Labs, about their groundbreaking product, Cogni. Mike shares insights from his background in both bourbon and wine country, emphasizing the industry's challenges such as significant losses from evaporation and spoilage. Cogni…
Don’t Play the Scenario Game in the Pitch
Founders are confronted with many options for their fundraising. If they raise more, they can achieve more milestones. If they raise less, they can achieve fewer milestones. Some founders play out these scenarios in the pitch to investors. This is a mistake. Multiple scenarios of varying amounts of funding with…
