Startup Funding Espresso – How To Pitch the Business Case for Your Startup
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/03.how_to_oitch_the_business_case_for_your_startup.mp3"][/audio]How To Pitch the Business Case for Your Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Most first-time founders talk about the product and how it works. In pitching, it's important to make the business case…
Growth Startups Are Not Profitable in Year One
Startups require up-front costs to set up and build the company. Any financial projection that shows profitability in the first year is suspect. Upfront costs include building the website, filing the company legal entity documents, patent filings, and more. Hiring the team takes time and takes time away from building…
Delusions in the Early-Stage Startup
The early-stage startup has its own set of delusions founders must overcome. Here's a list of delusions to watch for: Everyone else is a professional but not the founder. The reality is that the founder has the opportunity to build a great business just like anyone else. Financial projections are…
Investor Connect: Dan Wasserman on Commercializing Canadian Innovation
In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall talks with Dan Wasserman, founder of Mammoth Health Innovation, about what it takes to turn biomedical and medical technologies into commercially viable healthcare solutions. Dan shares Mammoth's origins from a Canadian innovation center, his "Health Ecosphere" framework for pulling together the elements needed…
Best Practices for Explaining a Technical Concept
In pitching investors, founders must explain how their product works. For those with highly technical products, here are some best practices for explaining it to others. Start with what the audience knows. Bridge the gap between their current knowledge and the topic under discussion. Avoid acronyms and jargon that require…
