Startup Funding Espresso – What To Include in a Due Diligence Report
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.what_to_include_in_a_due_diligence_report.mp3"][/audio]What To Include in a Due Diligence Report Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The due diligence report is written by the due diligence team. It covers the financial, operational, legal, and strategic aspects of…
Investor Connect: JIP Strategy, Licensing, and Deal Readiness in Life Sciences
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall Marchant welcomes Gillian Fenton of LST Strategies, who brings more than 30 years of experience in licensing intellectual property and life sciences transactions, including work with GSK, Emergent BioSolutions, and Biogen, as well as university startups, established life science companies, and investors. Gillian…
Using the Four-Quadrant Slide
In pitching the startup, the founder shows how the business will be positioned in the market. The four-quadrant slide is one tool to show how the startup compares to the competition. Here's how to set up the four-quadrant slide. Start by identifying the key criteria for customers. This could be…
Why Build a Financial Forecast
Startups should build a financial forecast for their business. Even if the future is uncertain and all the data is not known, it's still important to build one. Here are the reasons why: It validates the founder's hypothesis. A founder should have a hypothesis about the business. A financial projection…
Be Founder-Friendly To Gain More Dealflow
Founders live in the center of the startup world and thus see many companies raising funding. A startup investor will do well to tap into the knowledge of founders about other startups raising funding. An investor who treats founders well will find they are often amenable to making referrals. Here…
