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Let’s face it; to start at ground zero and still be in business even five years later is a very difficult task. It’s well known that a high percentage of startups fail. The exact number is hard to pin down particularly since we all don’t agree on what constitutes “failure”. Whether startups are b Read More

Building a company from the ground up is one of the hardest things. The odds are against you keeping in mind that 9 out of 10 new businesses fail. The learning curve is substantial as an entrepreneur and at the beginning you will be doing everything (e.g. sales, marketing, development, etc).
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We are halfway through 2016 and entrepreneurs and small businesses are emerging from the ether, all with the goal of trying to fill a void in the marketplace. When your company is just starting out, defining a comprehensive office strategy is an understandably low priority on your "to-do" list. Read More

I'm an accounting and finance pro and have worked with dozens of start-ups over the years. Among the management there's usually great excitement over launching the new product or service - and less excitement about setting up the new accounting system. In fact I've seen more than a few new compan Read More

Mark Zuckerberg started out with Facemash, a matchmaking site originally just for Harvard students; Apple struggled mightily to compete against IBM and Microsoft in the hardware and software business before specializing in streaming music and smartphones; 3M engineers were trying to create a super- Read More

I was very fortunate to come across the pitch deck template that is shared in this blog post during the early days of my entrepreneurial journey. The template is from no other than Dave McClure and to be honest I am surprised that I have not seen it shared publicly in while. Read More

Raising a round of financing is one of the toughest things an early stage company will need to face at some point. Fundraising is actually getting harder as investors are getting pickier. Before, having access to startups was hard as it was more of a word of mouth kind of game. Read More

Nowadays $5M in funding could either be considered a Seed round or a Series A round of financing. Probably more closer to Seed if you take into account that top tier Venture Capital firms like Accel or Sequoia are investing $10M tickets and up on Series A‘s. Nonetheless $5M is still a significant a Read More

However, there is one thing moves investors to get behind a company and that is trust. That is why investors, especially angels and accelerators, always state that they invest mainly in people and that everything else comes after this fact. Read More

The Fundraising Certification is a comprehensive course that covers the core elements of raising capital. It introduces the fundamentals on how to prepare your pitch materials, fundraising strategy, attract investors, and close the deal.

With this certification you will have the tools to reduce Read More